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Using with Arduino

Its super easy to use this sensor board with an Arduino thanks to the great Adafruit library.

Once you've installed the library you can connect the sensor board via I2C or SPI to your

Arduino, it will work with any kind or flavor. If you're using a different kind of microcontroller,

the library is a good reference to help you port the code over.

Download the library

First up, we'll download the Arduino library from github. The source code is in a repository

there, but to make it easy, we suggest just clicking the button below to get the latest

version in a Zip file.

Download CAP1188 Library

http://adafru.it/d5g

Rename the uncompressed folder Adafruit_CAP1188 and check that the

Adafruit_CAP1188 folder contains Adafruit_CAP1188.cpp and Adafruit_CAP1188.h

Place the Adafruit_CAP1188 library folder your arduinosketchfolder/libraries/

folder.

You may need to create the libraries subfolder if its your first library. Restart the IDE.

We also have a great tutorial on Arduino library installation at:

http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-all-about-arduino-libraries-install-use (http://adafru.it/aYM)

Run Test Sketch

After you've restarted, you should be able to load up the File->Examples-

>Adafruit_CAP1188->cap1188test sketch