For this assignment, I did a house built with paper, and integrated a circuit inside of it using copper tape and conductive thread. I made the door to the house act as a switch, in a way that when it rotates, the LED lights turn on inside the house.
https://vimeo.com/75351682 Here’s the sensor I tried. I made a potentiometer sensor with conductive ink and copper tape. The sensor pretty worked when I tried it.
Conductive Thread Resistant Thread Conductive Ink, Resistant Graphite Resistant Graphite
Pressure sensors Sponge Sensor Squeezing the sensor allows the two sides of tape to connect and control the LED. Hideous Pom Pom Squeezing this “Pom-Pom” (I use this term lightly), controls the LED by increasing the conductivity as you squeeze more of the tape is connected. Pots Before I started on my Pot Sensors I…
More Resources: >> Ohm’s Law + KVL >> Fritzing (to build wiring diagrams and schematics) Here are some wiring diagrams we went over in class about buttons and pull down/up resistors. Here is a super helpful button tutorial from Arduino. And remember: PULL DOWN to Ground :: Button pressed = LED on HIGH PULL UP…
bend sensor: so for this one I used duct tape for the outer part and a thread with three layers of velostat. so whenever u bend the duct tape, the red light lights up more. This was the easiest one between them. for the pressure sensor I used conductive fabric wrapped with duct tape as…
1. Stretch 1.2) Conductive material : copper tape / Resistive material : resistive thread / A range from dark to bright : low Hi every one! I made the first variation by using stretch technique. I put resistive thread into elastic band. You can see the level of luminescence above. 1.2) Conductive material : copper tape…
For week 3 assignment, I quickly made a simple switch with folding paper. I used one of origami methods called Tetratetraflexagon. This is one way of flexagon origami which has four faces and four sides. I’ve tried this when I took a book arts class at my undergraduate school. There are many different types of…
the project can be a prototype for an architectural installation.
1) Create two variations of two sensors from the four we discussed (Pressure, Potentiometer, Bend/Flex, Stretch). You should have a total of 4 sensors. Think about surface area, distance, and contact as you construct them. Also: You do not have to embed the battery. Instead you may connect them with alligator clips. ;) 2) Document…