I want to modify a cockroach to get it to trigger a conductive ink sensor or Arduino with foil capacitive touch setup.
At the moment there is no reaction as far as I can see (in the serial monitor)
I was wondering about spraying it with water to make it wetter?
Or modifying its feet somehow?
Maybe some little shoes? 🙂
Alternatively, suggestions of better insects?
Best Answer
I doubt you'll have much luck with resistive sensing - the chitin shell and legs of an insect will have a very high resistance. Any voltage high enough to give reasonable current is likely to cook the little buggers. Not that that's a bad thing, of course.
By the same token, I'm dubious about the capacitance, as well.
I'd suggest a different approach, such as optical sensing.