diff --git a/java/libraries/io/examples/Touch_I2C_MPR121/MPR121.pde b/java/libraries/io/examples/Touch_I2C_MPR121/MPR121.pde
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+import processing.io.I2C;
+
+// MPR121 is a capacitive-touch sensor controller with 12 channels
+// datasheet: https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MPR121.pdf
+
+class MPR121 extends I2C {
+  int address;
+  int touched;
+
+  // registers used (there are more)
+  static final int EFD0LB = 0x04; // ELE0 Electrode Filtered Data LSB
+  static final int E0TTH = 0x41;  // ELE0 Touch Threshold
+  static final int E0RTH = 0x42;  // ELE0 Release Threshold
+  static final int E0BV = 0x1e;   // ELE0 Baseline Value
+  static final int MHDR = 0x2b;   // MHD Rising
+  static final int NHDR = 0x2c;   // NHD Amount Rising
+  static final int NCLR = 0x2d;   // NCL Rising
+  static final int MHDF = 0x2f;   // MHD Falling
+  static final int NHDF = 0x30;   // NHD Amount Falling
+  static final int NCLF = 0x31;   // NCL Falling
+  static final int CDT = 0x5d;    // Filter/Global CDT Configuration
+  static final int ECR = 0x5e;    // Electrode Configuration
+  static final int SRST = 0x80;   // Soft Reset
+
+  // there can be more than one device connected to the bus
+  // as long as they have different addresses
+  // possible addresses: 0x5a (default) - 0x5d
+  MPR121(String dev, int address) {
+    super(dev);
+    this.address = address;
+    reset();
+  }
+
+  void update() {
+    beginTransmission(address);
+    write(0x00);
+    byte[] in = read(2);
+    // & 0xff makes sure the byte is not interpreted as a negative value
+    touched = (in[1] & 0xff) << 8 | (in[0] & 0xff);
+  }
+
+  boolean touched(int channel) {
+    if (channel < 0 || 11 < channel) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if ((touched & (1 << channel)) != 0) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  void threshold(int touch, int release) {
+    for (int i=0; i < 12; i++) {
+      threshold(touch, release, i);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void threshold(int touch, int release, int channel) {
+    if (channel < 0 || 11 < channel) {
+      return;
+    }
+    touch = constrain(touch, 0, 255);
+    release = constrain(release, 0, 255);
+    writeRegister(E0TTH + 2*channel, touch);
+    writeRegister(E0RTH + 2*channel, release);
+  }
+
+  int analogRead(int channel) {
+    if (channel < 0 || 11 < channel) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    beginTransmission(address);
+    write(EFD0LB + 2*channel);
+    byte[] in = read(2);
+    return (in[1] & 0xff) << 8 | (in[0] & 0xff);
+  }
+
+  int analogReadBaseline(int channel) {
+    if (channel < 0 || 11 < channel) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    beginTransmission(address);
+    write(E0BV + channel);
+    byte[] in = read(1);
+    return (in[0] & 0xff) << 2;
+  }
+
+  void reset() {
+    writeRegister(SRST, 0x63);
+    delay(1);
+    threshold(12, 6);
+    // set baseline filtering control registers (see p. 12)
+    writeRegister(MHDR, 0x01);
+    writeRegister(NHDR, 0x01);
+    writeRegister(NCLR, 0x0e);
+    writeRegister(MHDF, 0x01);
+    writeRegister(NHDF, 0x05);
+    writeRegister(NCLF, 0x01);
+    // change sample interval to 1ms period from default 16ms
+    writeRegister(CDT, 0x20);
+    // start sampling
+    writeRegister(ECR, 0x8f);
+  }
+
+  void writeRegister(int register, int value) {
+    beginTransmission(address);
+    write(register);
+    write(value);
+    endTransmission();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/libraries/io/examples/Touch_I2C_MPR121/Touch_I2C_MPR121.pde b/java/libraries/io/examples/Touch_I2C_MPR121/Touch_I2C_MPR121.pde
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+import processing.io.*;
+MPR121 touch;
+
+// see setup.png in the sketch folder for wiring details
+
+void setup() {
+  size(600, 200);
+  //printArray(I2C.list());
+  touch = new MPR121("i2c-1", 0x5a);
+}
+
+void draw() {
+  background(204);
+  noStroke();
+
+  touch.update();
+
+  for (int i=0; i < 12; i++) {
+    if (touch.touched(i)) {
+      fill(255, 0, 0);
+    } else {
+      fill(255, 255, 255);
+    }
+    ellipse((width/12) * (i+0.5), height/2, 20, 20);
+  }
+}