If you’ve ever thought about making a poster play your favourite song, giving objects the ability to speak, or creating hidden sensors in your house, then the Touch Board Starter Kit is for you.

Each kit contains a Touch Board, Electric Paint, and everything you need to start transforming the world around you. There is no need for programming expertise! The Touch Board Starter Kit comes ready to plug and play, so you can create any of its three featured projects right out of the box. The Guidebook will take you through step-by-step instructions, and is packed with ideas, resources, and inspiration for you to build on.

Give life to your imagination! Check out the featured projects below, and start making your world interactive.

LEVEL: Super Beginner to Programming Pro

Bare Conductive’s Electric Paint is just like any other water-based paint, except that it’s electrically conductive! This means that you can paint sensors directly onto most materials. When used alongside the Touch Board, an easy-to-use Arduino@Heart microcontroller, it gives you the ability to turn almost any material or surface into a sensor.

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 House Stencil
1 x Stencil Brush
12 x Sticky Tabs
3 x Velcro Stickers
2 x Paper Cutouts

Useful Links

Electric Paint Application Notes 
Electric Paint Technical Data Sheet
Electric Paint MSDS

Touch Board Workshop Manual

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

Technical Details

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
• Can last years if treated properly and kept dry
• Works on: paper, cardboard, wood, plastic, glass, plaster, some rubbers, textiles, etc…

Touch Board

• Touch and Distance Sensing
• Works great with Electric Paint
• 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
• Arduino-compatible and programmable through the Arduino IDE
• Arduino Leonardo pin layout supporting Arduino shields

Example of the Touch Board Starter Kit used as a workshop tool

Extensive project examples and resources on the MAKE page.

Graphic Sensors

Make an interactive wall graphic using the Touch Board and Electric Paint. Follow the instructions to add personal stories and sounds to any image. Bedtime stories will never be the same once you’ve painted this mural on your wall!

Objects As Sensors

Set up your Touch Board to give voice to the objects around you. You can record a message about which vitamins to take, how often to water your plants or even link your favourite song to a photo frame.

Sensing Spaces

Explore large scale sensors in the built environment. Use the Touch Board and Electric Paint to create an alarm sensor able to detect a sneaky intruder crossing a threshold.