Based on the documentation found online, the PTC has an internal, tunable capacitor connected after the series resistance to ground that is used to compensate the parasitic capacitance of the electrodes. Every node starts with a default compensation value. As soon as the node is enabled, the library attempts to find a compensation setting that will result in an ADC value of about 512 counts (1/2 of ADC resolution). Based on oscilloscope readings, it can also be said that the PTC tries to have a charge of 50% VCC on the electrode when being acquired. This is the also the reason, why the digital input function of the pins is disabled.
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