Bloggy Stuff

Didn't look at when the blog was due, I assumed it would be with the project. I have the resistive swatches sewed on, working on connecting them to my lilypad.  Rather difficult not to have cross-over from the A's and +... maybe I should have rotated the thing.  too late now. I got the 1/4 neopixel soldered.  without a separate power source (ugh, read product descriptions, people) I am playing it safe by only using one of the 4 pieces I bought.  They are impressively bright, for wanting 5 V and only getting 3.3V.  Anyway, I soldered on some wires to curl and sew around: for the circuit as well as simply anchoring it a little better.  Had two of them snap on me already.  not ideal. Janell's man has been very helpful concerning programming, and the specific circuit of my glove.  He figured out a clever way to have each finger addressed by a different A pin, and two states depending on where on the swatch is touched. Oh yeah, I sewed on some conductive fabric to t

Things to do: Thermo Beautiful Homework CS Tic-tac-toe program ><><><>< (for this project) Get suspenders to anchor leds, and arm bands to guide/anchor wire. Knit four resistive swatches, 1 2 3 4   ....................................(am I knitting these right?  I am going 6 across and long.  Should it be 18 across and short?  Like, how are the resistive properties directionally?  I have no multimeter!  I can never remember the industry term for the directions.)  I feel like the way I am doing it would supply more resistance? Research that question before knitting any more.  " 46 ohms per foot across the rows (stretchier direction) and 460 ohms per foot across the columns (less stretchy direction)"   Well, my long way is the stretchy direction... looks like I AM knitting them wrong!  psh!  (since, greater resistance would imply greater variation depending on where it is touched...  hmmm!)  Well, at least I didn't cut the second one off ye

phew!  ordered some reflective suspenders and "ankle straps" for my final project.  This should be the end of my purchases, I will have all of the framework.  Approximately $60 out of pocket, and I was able to use a $40 in-class budget.  (I mean, I would have saved 25 just being able to scavenge the controller from an old class project, but she wants a giant show-and-tell at the end of the semester.  And I did go fancy with the leds.  Just didn't think suspenders would cost 17!  psshhhhh!  But materials to make my own crusty ones would cost about the same, and take a lotta time.)  Which goes for the arm bands.  Buy velcro, elastic, reflective tape (okay, that was optional), find a sewing machine, hope it doesn't fall apart or otherwise suck.  Knit some?  I did not see them sticking to my arm very well, and it would be closed loops to pull up.  I guess... how would one attach velcro to a knit swatch?  But the TIME.  I would rather have my time.  And with my current job