This week, my biggest task was to transition from the mock up to the actual jacket I was going to use. Because I was not able to find a jacket that was as well fitting as my Adidas jacket that I used to produce my vision for this project, I decided to sacrifice my jacket and use it as a bed fo rmy project. After careful planning, I started to connect and anchor the LEDs to my jacket using hot glue which seemed to get the job done when treated with care.<\/p>\n
MY LED system was made up of 4 Neopixel strips. 2 on the left arm and 2 on the right. On each arm, one strip was placed between the shoulder and elbow, and the other between the elbow and hand. Due to connectivity issues, I had to scrap one of LED strip between the elbow and arm. Consequently, I had to remove the matchin strip on the other arm and leaving simply the top two strips.<\/p>\n
Once the strips were on the arms, I mocked up the wires which would run across the shoulder and down to the controller. After experimenting with looks and a combination of what would be easier down the road for when upgrading arrives, I decided to utilize the Neopixle protective rubber casing and lay the strip on top of the sleeve instead of hidden underneath it. I did this by attaching the rubber sleeving on the jacket sleeve and then slipping the LEDs back into it.<\/p>\n
I ran into a few issues once the project was attached to its final resting place. Upon pre-final testing, I came across another connection issue where one of my connections seemed to be misbehaving along my circuit and preventing from the entire thing to light up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week, my biggest task was to transition from the mock up to the actual jacket I was going to use. Because I was not able to find a jacket that was as well fitting as my Adidas jacket that I used to produce my vision for this project, I decided to sacrifice my jacket… <\/p>\n