diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/.gitignore b/exampleProjects/touch/.gitignore
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+.pio
+.vscode/.browse.c_cpp.db*
+.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+.vscode/launch.json
+.vscode/ipch
+
+.venv/
+boost_1_86_0/
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/README.md b/exampleProjects/touch/README.md
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+++ b/exampleProjects/touch/README.md
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+# Mac instructions to instal python dependencies after cloning
+- `python3 -m venv .venv` (`py -m venv .venv` on win) to create the `.venv` folder (this can take a while)
+- `source .venv/bin/activate` to activate the `venv`
+    - or potentially `source .venv/Scripts/activate` on windoze
+	- after this, `where python3` (`where python` on win) should return a python inside the `.venv` folder
+- `python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip`
+- `python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt`
+- to deactivate the venv: `deactivate`
+
+# Windows instructions to instal python dependencies after cloning
+- `python -m venv .venv` to create the `.venv` folder (this can take a while)
+- `source .venv/Scripts/activate` to activate the `venv`
+    - after this, `where python` should return a path inside the `.venv` folder
+- `python -m pip install --upgrade pip`
+- `python -m pip install -r requirements.txt`
+- to deactivate the venv: `deactivate`
+
+After doing either of the above, VSCode should "just work" ™️
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diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/diagram.json b/exampleProjects/touch/diagram.json
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+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "author": "Vincent Berthiaume",
+  "editor": "wokwi",
+  "parts": [
+    { "type": "wokwi-tinypico", "id": "esp", "top": -0.7, "left": 81.4, "attrs": {} },
+    {
+      "type": "board-ili9341-cap-touch",
+      "id": "lcd1",
+      "top": -143.24,
+      "left": -230.78,
+      "attrs": {}
+    }
+  ],
+  "connections": [
+    [ "esp:TX0", "$serialMonitor:RX", "", [] ],
+    [ "esp:RX0", "$serialMonitor:TX", "", [] ],
+    [ "lcd1:GND", "esp:GND.1", "black", [ "v67.2", "h240", "v-105.4" ] ],
+    [ "esp:3V3", "lcd1:VCC", "red", [ "h-38.4", "v134.1", "h-240" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:LED", "esp:3V3", "red", [ "v28.8", "h76.8", "v-86.4", "h134.4" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:CS", "esp:14", "orange", [ "v57.6", "h211.2", "v-133.8" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:RST", "esp:15", "gold", [ "v48", "h192", "v-124.8" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:D/C", "esp:27", "green", [ "v19.2", "h172.8", "v-114.9" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:MOSI", "esp:23", "green", [ "v38.4", "h288" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:MISO", "esp:19", "green", [ "v105.6", "h278.4", "v-153.6" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:SCK", "esp:18", "green", [ "v86.4", "h307.2", "v9.6" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:SDA", "esp:25", "violet", [ "v9.6", "h96", "v-124.8" ] ],
+    [ "lcd1:SCL", "esp:26", "green", [ "v28.8", "h115.2", "v-134.4" ] ]
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
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diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/include/README b/exampleProjects/touch/include/README
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+++ b/exampleProjects/touch/include/README
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+
+This directory is intended for project header files.
+
+A header file is a file containing C declarations and macro definitions
+to be shared between several project source files. You request the use of a
+header file in your project source file (C, C++, etc) located in `src` folder
+by including it, with the C preprocessing directive `#include'.
+
+```src/main.c
+
+#include "header.h"
+
+int main (void)
+{
+ ...
+}
+```
+
+Including a header file produces the same results as copying the header file
+into each source file that needs it. Such copying would be time-consuming
+and error-prone. With a header file, the related declarations appear
+in only one place. If they need to be changed, they can be changed in one
+place, and programs that include the header file will automatically use the
+new version when next recompiled. The header file eliminates the labor of
+finding and changing all the copies as well as the risk that a failure to
+find one copy will result in inconsistencies within a program.
+
+In C, the usual convention is to give header files names that end with `.h'.
+It is most portable to use only letters, digits, dashes, and underscores in
+header file names, and at most one dot.
+
+Read more about using header files in official GCC documentation:
+
+* Include Syntax
+* Include Operation
+* Once-Only Headers
+* Computed Includes
+
+https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Header-Files.html
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/lib/README b/exampleProjects/touch/lib/README
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+++ b/exampleProjects/touch/lib/README
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+
+This directory is intended for project specific (private) libraries.
+PlatformIO will compile them to static libraries and link into executable file.
+
+The source code of each library should be placed in an own separate directory
+("lib/your_library_name/[here are source files]").
+
+For example, see a structure of the following two libraries `Foo` and `Bar`:
+
+|--lib
+|  |
+|  |--Bar
+|  |  |--docs
+|  |  |--examples
+|  |  |--src
+|  |     |- Bar.c
+|  |     |- Bar.h
+|  |  |- library.json (optional, custom build options, etc) https://docs.platformio.org/page/librarymanager/config.html
+|  |
+|  |--Foo
+|  |  |- Foo.c
+|  |  |- Foo.h
+|  |
+|  |- README --> THIS FILE
+|
+|- platformio.ini
+|--src
+   |- main.c
+
+and a contents of `src/main.c`:
+```
+#include <Foo.h>
+#include <Bar.h>
+
+int main (void)
+{
+  ...
+}
+
+```
+
+PlatformIO Library Dependency Finder will find automatically dependent
+libraries scanning project source files.
+
+More information about PlatformIO Library Dependency Finder
+- https://docs.platformio.org/page/librarymanager/ldf.html
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/platformio.ini b/exampleProjects/touch/platformio.ini
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+++ b/exampleProjects/touch/platformio.ini
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+; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
+;
+;   Build options: build flags, source filter
+;   Upload options: custom upload port, speed and extra flags
+;   Library options: dependencies, extra library storages
+;   Advanced options: extra scripting
+;
+; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
+; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html
+
+[env:tinypico]
+platform = espressif32
+board = tinypico
+framework = arduino
+lib_deps =
+    tinypico/TinyPICO Helper Library
+    adafruit/Adafruit GFX Library
+    adafruit/Adafruit ILI9341
+    adafruit/Adafruit FT6206 Library
+build_flags =
+    -I../../include/
+    -I../../3rdparty/
+    ; TODO: currently this is copy pasted right in the repo -- how should we deal with this?
+    -Iboost_1_86_0/
+    -std=gnu++2a
+    -O0
+build_unflags =
+    -std=gnu++11
+    -std=gnu++14
+    -std=gnu++17
+    -Os
+; enable this to debug wokwi in vscode, see https://docs.wokwi.com/vscode/debugging
+; build_type = debug
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/src/main.cpp b/exampleProjects/touch/src/main.cpp
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+//======================== setup pins =======================
+constexpr int TFT_CS { 14 };
+constexpr int TFT_DC { 27 };
+constexpr int pico_SDA { 25 };
+constexpr int pico_SCL { 26 };
+
+//========================= setup screen =======================
+#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>     // Core graphics library
+#include <Adafruit_ILI9341.h> // Hardware-specific library for ST7789
+#include <Adafruit_FT6206.h>
+#include <SPI.h>
+
+Adafruit_ILI9341 tft { TFT_CS, TFT_DC };
+Adafruit_FT6206  ctp;
+
+constexpr int RECT_COUNT    = 16;
+int           SCREEN_HEIGHT = -1;
+int           SCREEN_WIDTH  = -1;
+int           RECT_HEIGHT   = -1;
+
+//======================== setup puara-gestures =======================
+#include <puara/gestures.h>
+puara_gestures::Touch touch;
+int                   discrete_touch[RECT_COUNT] = { 0 };
+
+//======================== main code =======================
+void setup (void)
+{
+    Serial.begin (9600);
+    Serial.println (F ("Touch Puara Gesture Test!"));
+
+    Wire.setPins (pico_SDA, pico_SCL);
+    Wire.begin();
+
+    tft.begin();
+    SCREEN_HEIGHT = tft.height();
+    Serial.println (F ("Screen is Initialized"));
+    SCREEN_WIDTH = tft.width();
+    RECT_HEIGHT  = SCREEN_HEIGHT / RECT_COUNT;
+
+    Serial.println (F ("Touchscreen is initialized"));
+
+    // pass in 'sensitivity' coefficient
+    if (! ctp.begin (40))
+    {
+        Serial.println ("Couldn't start touchscreen controller");
+        while (1)
+            ;
+    }
+    Serial.println ("touchscreen started");
+
+    // Display introductory text
+    tft.fillScreen (ILI9341_BLACK);
+    tft.setTextColor (ILI9341_WHITE);
+    tft.setTextSize (2);
+    tft.setCursor (10, 100);
+    tft.println ("Puara Gesture Test!");
+    tft.setTextSize (1);
+    tft.setCursor (10, 130);
+    tft.println ("Touch the screen to begin.");
+
+    // Wait for a touch before proceeding
+    while (! ctp.touched())
+        delay (50);
+
+    // Draw rectangles
+    tft.fillScreen (ILI9341_BLACK);
+    for (int i = 0; i < RECT_COUNT; i++)
+        tft.drawRect (0, i * RECT_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT, ILI9341_WHITE);
+}
+
+void updateAndPrintTouch()
+{
+    static float prev_touchAll = -1.0f; // Initialize with an invalid value
+    static float prev_brush    = -1.0f;
+    static float prev_rub      = -1.0f;
+
+    touch.updateTouchArray (discrete_touch, RECT_COUNT);
+    if (touch.brush != prev_brush || touch.rub != prev_rub)
+    {
+        Serial.println ("brush;" + String (touch.brush, 6) + ";rub;" + String (touch.rub, 6));
+        prev_brush = touch.brush;
+        prev_rub   = touch.rub;
+    }
+}
+
+void loop()
+{
+    static int prev_touch[RECT_COUNT] = { 0 }; // Keep track of previous touch states
+
+    // Reset the current touch array
+    std::fill (discrete_touch, discrete_touch + RECT_COUNT, 0);
+
+    // Check for touches
+    if (ctp.touched())
+    {
+        TS_Point p { ctp.getPoint() };
+        p.x = map (p.x, 0, 240, 240, 0);
+        p.y = map (p.y, 0, 320, 320, 0);
+
+        // Determine which rectangle is touched
+        const int rectIndex { p.y / RECT_HEIGHT };
+        if (rectIndex >= 0 && rectIndex < RECT_COUNT)
+            discrete_touch[rectIndex] = 1;
+    }
+
+    // Update the screen based on touch states
+    for (int i = 0; i < RECT_COUNT; i++)
+    {
+        if (discrete_touch[i] == 1 && prev_touch[i] == 0)
+        {
+            // Rectangle is touched - make it white
+            tft.fillRect (0, i * RECT_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT, ILI9341_WHITE);
+        }
+        else if (discrete_touch[i] == 0 && prev_touch[i] == 1)
+        {
+            // Rectangle no longer touched - make it black
+            tft.fillRect (0, i * RECT_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT, ILI9341_BLACK);
+            tft.drawRect (0, i * RECT_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT, ILI9341_WHITE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Update previous touch state
+    std::copy (discrete_touch, discrete_touch + RECT_COUNT, prev_touch);
+
+    updateAndPrintTouch();
+}
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/test/README b/exampleProjects/touch/test/README
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+
+This directory is intended for PlatformIO Test Runner and project tests.
+
+Unit Testing is a software testing method by which individual units of
+source code, sets of one or more MCU program modules together with associated
+control data, usage procedures, and operating procedures, are tested to
+determine whether they are fit for use. Unit testing finds problems early
+in the development cycle.
+
+More information about PlatformIO Unit Testing:
+- https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/advanced/unit-testing/index.html
diff --git a/exampleProjects/touch/wokwi.toml b/exampleProjects/touch/wokwi.toml
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+++ b/exampleProjects/touch/wokwi.toml
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+[wokwi]
+version = 1
+elf = ".pio/build/tinypico/firmware.elf"
+firmware = ".pio/build/tinypico/firmware.bin"
+gdbServerPort = 3333