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+This project implements a capacitive touch switch.
+It is inspired by the Arduino library CapacitiveSensor from
+Paul Bagder and Paul Stoffregen.
+
+It is implemented for the ESP8266. See schematics and photo
+for the setup with an NodeMCU board in the Docs folder.
+
+It has been developed and is built using the Sloeber IDE.