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Smart Kitchen Appliance

Connected blender with capacitive touch UI and over-the-air firmware updates.

Stack
ESP32-S3 · Capacitive touch · OTA · MQTT
Role
Firmware + PCB layout
Outcome
Launched on Amazon. 4.6★ avg rating across 800+ reviews.
Challenge

The brief.

Glass-surface capacitive touch through 6mm tempered glass with reliable false-positive rejection during blade operation.

Approach

How we built it.

Custom touch driver with motor-EMI filter. Bootloader supporting A/B partition OTA. iOS/Android app paired via Wi-Fi provisioning.

Result

What shipped.

Sub-50ms touch latency. 100% successful OTA campaign across 12,000 units.

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