Our friends at Bare Conductive, whose awesome lineup of products we carry, shared a few more interesting how-to tutorials (previously).

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No longer are you limited to boring two dimensional printed circuit boards that require soldering, but are instead free to let your imagination go wild. Due to the resistivity of this paint, it is best suited to low current applications such as powering LEDs, connecting buttons, creating resistors, or using it as capacitive sensors.

It also works with the Touch Board, Pi Cap, electrical components,  prototyping materials, PCBs, MaKey MaKey and e‐textiles. Why not try using it with the Touch Board or Pi Cap to make touch sensors and switches.

Features:

• Conducts when dry
• Nontoxic and solvent-free
• Dispenses up to 5m
• Easily removable with soap and water
• Water soluble

Specifications:

• Air-drying in 10-15 minutes
• Surface resistivity approx 55 ohms/square at 50 micron layer thickness
• Max voltage: 12VDC
• Max current: 50mA

Resources:

Touch Board Workshop Manual
Touch Board Techniques and Inspiration 
Touch Board Basic Projects 
Touch Board Digital Toolkit

The Bare Conductive touch board lets you add interactivity to just about any medium when combined with circuitry and the Bare Conductive Electric Paint. One tool can open a whole host of possibilities such as making a MIDI piano, interactive wall, proximity sensor, or other mixed human/electronic interfaces. It can trigger sounds through its MP3 player and is completely programmable through the Arduino IDE!

Not sure where to get started? Take a look at the Touch Board Starter Kit. It comes with all the materials and ideas you need to get making today!

Included:

• 1 x Touch Board
• 1 x MicroSD card

Features:

• Capacitive touch and distance sensing
• Arduino Compatible
• No programming required
• Code and libraries for the Arduino IDE available for optional programming
• Preprogrammed as an MP3 player

Specifications:

• USB HID compatible
• USB MIDI compatible
• USB CDC compatible
• Built-in LiPo charger
• 20 digital I/O pins
• 12 analog pins
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 32kB of flash memory (4kB used for bootloader)
• 5V operating voltage

Precautions of use:
Children under 14 years of age must be supervised by an adult whilst using this product. This board may be powered over USB, by an approved 3.7V Lithium Polymer cell or a 3.0~5.5V DC power supply. Observe battery polarity markings carefully before use. Do not use on conductive/met-­â€al surfaces as this may short circuit the board and damage it. Bare Conductive takes no for external circuitry connected to this board.

Resources:

Touch Board Workshop Manual
Touch Board Techniques and Inspiration  
Touch Board Basic Projects  
Touch Board Digital Toolkit

Whether you’re an absolute beginner, a programming pro or looking for a great gift for a tinkerer, this kit will let you start making interactive projects in no time. The Touch Board Starter Kit has everything you need to turn  any surface, object or space into a sensor. In this box you’ll find a Touch Board, Electric Paint, essential components and everything you need to start creating interactive electronic projects.

Included:

1 x Touch Board
1 x Electric Paint 10ml Tube
1 x Electric Paint 50ml Jar
1 x Guidebook
1 x MicroSD Card
1 x MicroSD Card Reader
1 x Micro USB Cable
1 x Mini Speaker
12 x Alligator Clips (colours vary)
1 x Stencil
1 x Stencil Brush
12 x Sticky Tabs
3 x Velcro Stickers
2 x Paper Cutout

Features:

Electric paint:

• Dries at room temperature in 10-15 minutes
• Must be fully dry to work
• Easily removable with soap and water
• Seal with acrylic paint or spray varnish
• Works on almost all surfaces

Touch Board:

• Touch and distance sensing
• Preprogrammed as an MP3 player
• Easy to program as a MIDI instrument or MIDI interface
• HID capable – Turn the touch board into a keyboard or mouse

Specifications:

• Arduino-compatible and programmable through the Arduino IDE
• Arduino Leonardo pin layout supporting Arduino Shields

Precautions of use:
Children under 14 years of age must be supervised by an adult whilst using this product. This kit contains small components. Keep out of reach of young children. Please read precautions printed on Electric Paint and Touch Board carefully before use. Bare Conductive takes no responsibility for external circuitry connected to the Touch Board.

Resources:

Touch Board Technical Data Sheet
Touch Board Workshop Manual
Touch Board Techniques and Inspiration 
Touch Board Basic Projects 
Touch Board Digital Toolkit

We are always on the search of cool technology, so when we came across Bare Conductive, we thought: pizza! what a great find! Bare Conductive is a design and technology company from the UK that makes sensing tools for engineers, designers, and makers. They produce a line of electrically conductive paint, capacitive sensor hardware and a range of kits that are extremely well designed, documented, and accompanied by fun projects.

Here are the two projects contributed by the BareConductive community members:

Image by Sofia Aronov

Awake: Electric Paint Projection Mapping is a project by Sofia Aronov created in an attempt to connect the ‘overwhelming flatness of technology’ with tactile qualities of the physical world. Read more

Image by Fischer Appelt

A Conductive Sound Wall is a project that uses a Touch Board and Electric Paint to turn a flat drawing into an interactive sound experience. 

Bare Conductive designs and manufactures a suite of technologies that transform surfaces and objects into precise, robust and low cost sensors. This range of kits provides users with context and focused project outcomes for these future-facing platforms, regardless of experience level.