Hey everyone, Michael here. Quick update from last time: we wired up the armband to be tested. Matt might have already covered this, but we're using Cat5 cable to connect the conductive strips to the microcontroller. We chose to do this because working with Cat5 is easy, there's already 8 wires corresponding to our 8 inputs from each row and column, and it seemed almost meant to be when we realized we could just drop the two RJ45 jacks down on either side of the Teensy and have our connections ready to go. We stripped of the ends of the Cat5, stuck the exposed wires through the tends of the conductive fabric, and hot glued them together (hot glue is non conductive, which is awesome).
We tested the connections with a multimeter, and we do indeed have a closed circuit, so the next step is plugging it in to the controller board and seeing what we get.
Tune in next week!
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