Tim Gray wrote: > I would also limit the groups of chasing or flashing to a very small > number. imagine the number of tiny led's you will have, now imagine a tiny > thread for each and every one of them for the Vcc, then imagine the size of I was thinking of trying to use a 2-3 strands of that thin enameled antenna/small motor winding wire for each line, assuming the voltage drop isn't too high... And I suppose run a piece of ribbon cable down one (or maybe both) sides... And I don't know why I said "voltage follower"- I meant buffer. I suppose I was still steaming about my crappy VOM. > the logic decoder. If you keep it to 8 discreet outputs and group them, 8 outputs was what we were planning (parallel port cheesiness). > then the hardware to wearable interface is easy. I do envision this being a > one time use with how delicate conductive thread is, break one thread and > you lose every led on that output from there down. > > I'd use electro luminescent paint.. but then some people cringe at the > thought of 2kV on their body. But it would keep people from getting too close- er, well- a second time anyway... Seriously though, I assume we're talking about very low amperage here? How expensive is this stuff? Hehe... xenon lamps. -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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