Original Plan:
The original plan was to have both the positive and the negative ends of the circuit to be connected to the snaps. However, if that is the design, the circuit can only be completed when both snaps are snapped together. If it is changed to only one end of the circuit connecting to the snaps and the other connected directly to the battery holder, only one snap is required to snap in order to complete the circuit, so that is what I did.
From this unit, I learned more about the composing of e-Textiles. I find it interesting to use different kinds of LEDs with different kinds of threads in the right place to make a working circuit. I learned to slightly adjust different components of the e-Textile to make it more functionable, like cutting out slots so the LEDs aren’t too thick for the pieces on top to cover.
Final Product:
Stages:
- pieces of felt are cut out, placed in their spots
- each piece is tangent to the one next to it
- LEDs are sewn onto felt in slots cut out from felt, connected with conductive thread
- some pieces are sewn on with normal thread
- conductive snaps sewn on with conductive thread or normal thread
- battery holder sewn on top of first five keys
- after pieces are sewn on, front side of LEDs are covered
- lights up when snaps complete the circuit
