With the Instructable from Plusea as a guideline, I sewed two sensors that you should react to bening your finger – all this with the eventual purpose to be able to measure a handshake. These sensors we tested in the Arduino – midi workshop in the recently founded Hackerspace Brussels. Some software and an oscilloscope indicated that they are rather pressure sensors than bend sensors. This has probably to do with the fact that they are not made out of neoprene (the stuff wetsuits are made of), what the tutorial suggests , but industrial felt or fleece.
One sensor is too stiff – the other too flexible…
The next sensor will be with neoprene!
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- Open Hardware / Libre SoftwearOn the first of October 2013, from 9 to 16h, we organise a workshop in ARTS², Carré des Arts Rue des Sœurs Noires 4a 7000 Mons. Description of the Workshop: A workshop mixing textile design with digital culture and tools (Floss in soft-and hardware). We will use a hacked knitting machine (Knitic). When you connect […]
- Ellentriek #17: Hack your knitting machine with Knitic!Ellentriek goes textile: liberating knitting machines Saturday 18th May 2013 10am – 6pm Pianofabriek Exhibition space Rue du Fortstraat 35, 1060 Brussels In the eighties and nineties electronic knitting machines were readily available. But it was never a simple task to knit an image, a drawing, photograph, text you designed yourself with it. You could […]
- MakeyMakey – versionsMakey Makey is a nice and fun Open Hardware project, developed by Mit researchers Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum. It’s an Arduino based project that could get started through crowdfunding. Basically you can turn any conductive surface into a sensor: bananas and other fruit/vegetables, cutlery, water, metal tools, conductive dough, human skin…When you connect to […]
- Ellentriek Recup@RecyclartYour copy machine, scanner or mobile phone has broken down and even the second hand shop is no longer interested in getting it fixed for sale. No worry, you can still find interesting bits and parts such as motors, lenses, microphones or amplifiers hidden within. In this workshop you will learn to dismantle broken electronic […]
- Open Hardware / Libre Softwear