Our first assignment was to create a homemade 'custom switch that uses a technique covered in the lab during class.'
The OTs and I made a switch that would be closed when the forefinger and thumb are touching. We used conductive material and several mono jacks to create it.
We set up the Arduino using a pushbutton switch to test our circuit.
Once we knew that that worked, we moved on to creating our own switch.
We sewed the conductive fabric, attached to the wires, into the finger tips of a glove with the wires coming down the length of the fingers. We went ahead and added a second glove to cover the wiring and improve the appearance of the switch.
We then replaced the pushbutton switch in our circuit with the homemade one.. it worked to turn an LED on and off as a momentary switch. We then used the program that incorporated a 5000 milisecond delay -- this kept the LED on for five seconds when the switch was closed.
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