Carl Denk wrote:
> Not that familiar with capacitive switches, but by saying capacitive, 
> are we not saying 2 conductive (or at least partially) surfaces with a 
> dielectric substance between. In this case one surface would be either 
> the switch surface, or maybe a thin material between. The other 
> conductive surface is normally a human finger. In the "in a pretty 
> hostile environment", I can picture the human wearing heavy rubber, 
> leather or other material gloves that may or may not be coated with 
> water, grease, or other materials.
>
> What happens??  :)
>   
I believe that Microchip offers  a  test kit to  verify the concept.

The effect works through  almost anything as long as the glove is not 
TOO thick I have worn gloves
many times and the elevator controls work fine!

--Bob 
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