ESP32 - Touch Sensor Toggle LED
This tutorial instructs you how to use ESP32 to toggle the state of an LED between ON and OFF when a touch sensor is touched. More specifically:
- If the touch sensor is touched, turn the LED on
- If the touch sensor is touched again, turn the LED off
- The above process is repeated over and over again
Hardware Used In This Tutorial
1 | × | ESP-WROOM-32 Dev Module | |
1 | × | Micro USB Cable | |
1 | × | Touch Sensor | |
1 | × | LED | |
1 | × | 220 ohm resistor | |
1 | × | Breadboard | |
1 | × | Jumper Wires | |
1 | × | (Optional) DC Power Jack | |
1 | × | (Optional) ESP32 Screw Terminal Adapter |
Or you can buy the following sensor kit:
1 | × | DIYables Sensor Kit 30 types, 69 units |
Introduction to LED and Touch Sensor
We have specific tutorials about LED and touch sensor. Each tutorial contains detailed information and step-by-step instructions about hardware pinout, working principle, wiring connection to ESP32, ESP32 code... Learn more about them at the following links:
Wiring Diagram

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ESP32 Code - Touch Sensor Toggles LED
Quick Instructions
- If this is the first time you use ESP32, see how to setup environment for ESP32 on Arduino IDE.
- Do the wiring as above image.
- Connect the ESP32 board to your PC via a micro USB cable
- Open Arduino IDE on your PC.
- Select the right ESP32 board (e.g. ESP32 Dev Module) and COM port.
- Copy the above code and paste it to Arduino IDE.
- Compile and upload code to ESP32 board by clicking Upload button on Arduino IDE
- Keep touching the touch sensor several seconds and then release it.
- See the change of LED's state
Line-by-line Code Explanation
The above ESP32 code contains line-by-line explanation. Please read the comments in the code!
In the code, ledState = !ledState is equivalent to the following code:
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