DIY nanoleaf / capacitive sensor

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Hey,

I want to to a DIY rebuild of the Nanoleaf light panel's (for those who don't know them, thy are triangular light panel's which you can plug together to different shapes). There are a few projects which already did that, using ws2812b light strip's to light them up individually. But what no one did is the touch sensing of the panel's and I would like to do try that. Basically every panel is one "giant" touch sensor, which brings me to my first question, plexiglass/acrylic are not conducive, so how can I make the surface touch sensing?
My second question would be if you know any methods to transport the signal which panel was touched over few possible wires to the control unit?

Thanks in advance.

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Linuseing:
Hey,

I want to to a DIY rebuild of the Nanoleaf light panel's (for those who don't know them, thy are triangular light panel's which you can plug together to different shapes).

Care to share links of whatever that thing is?

There are a few projects which already did that, using ws2812b light strip's to light them up individually.

Links? Images? Schematics?

But what no one did is the touch sensing of the panel's and I would like to do try that. Basically every panel is one "giant" touch sensor, which brings me to my first question, plexiglass/acrylic are not conducive, so how can I make the surface touch sensing?

Make it conductive, then.
Or use a sensor that simply reads through a few mm of acrylic (there are more such TTP223 based sensors).

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Thank you i will read about the options

here the original Nanoleafs:
https://int-shop.nanoleaf.me/products/nanoleaf-light-panels-smarter-kit

and the DIY project:

i dont know how to insert pictures :confused: