{"id":1135,"date":"2015-05-15T03:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T03:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2015-05-15T03:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T03:01:20","slug":"super-low-budget-wearable-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/super-low-budget-wearable-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Low Budget Wearable Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love doing wearable electronics and the price of entry for making wearable tech is supper low. Anyone can make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/products\/1850\" target=\"_blank\">something cool<\/a> with the Adafruit GEMMA\u00a0for about $20. However, my work with STEM Paths presents the challenge of trying to create an interesting project with\u00a0a\u00a0shoestring budget.<\/p>\n<p>So, with that in mind, I give you my plan for the ~$2 wearable electronics kit. Well&#8230; this dose not include the price of conductive thread, and it dose require some pre soldering for the sensor&#8230; but $2 for a kit that will light up 6 LEDs when the lights go out.<\/p>\n<p>So here is how I plan to do it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SMTU2032-LF_SPL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1136 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SMTU2032-LF_SPL-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SMTU2032-LF_SPL\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I found this lovely battery holder on Mouser that has the perfect holes for stitching to fabric.<\/li>\n<li>Then I found these $0.08 LEDs in Red, Green, and Yellow.<\/li>\n<li>That is enough\u00a0to make a light up wearable, but I really want this kit to do something other than just turn on when a battery is added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilmadscientist.com\/2007\/a-simple-and-cheap-dark-detecting-led-circuit\/\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2085\/2104863039_56869fceb3.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram\" width=\"25%\" \/><\/a>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilmadscientist.com\/2007\/a-simple-and-cheap-dark-detecting-led-circuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evil Mad Scientist<\/a>, I added a\u00a0phototransistor, NPN\u00a0transistor, and a 1K\u00a0resistor that will create an ambient light sensor. So now the LEDs will only light up when it is dark or during the night time.<\/p>\n<p>Click the URL for\u00a0a full list of parts that can be ordered from Mouser.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/ProjectManager\/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=8a33709065\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mouser.com\/ProjectManager\/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=8a33709065<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/super-low-budget-wearable-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/super-low-budget-wearable-tech\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1135\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/super-low-budget-wearable-tech\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1135\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richa1.com\/RichardAlbritton\/super-low-budget-wearable-tech\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love doing wearable electronics and the price of entry for making wearable tech is supper low. 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