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Could you please talk about how you would use conductive ribbon?
We have a black dog and since it gets dark so early this time of year want to make her a ‘necklace’ (would be in addition to her normal collar) with NeoPixels so we can see her in the yard more easily.
My plan is to attach the ribbon to a fabric collar and using conductive thread to pierce the strands in the ribbon to attach the NeoPixels.
Would you consider this a good way to use the ribbon? The first one I did was using lines of conductive thread down the fabric. But I’m hoping for a quicker method for my next try. And it is the holiday season. Decorate the dog!
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!
hi,
you missed the question I posted last week on your Blog:
http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/11/19/wearable-electronics-with-becky-stern-11192014-live-2pm-et/
🙁
Maybe you can answer it next time…
Could you please talk about how you would use conductive ribbon?
We have a black dog and since it gets dark so early this time of year want to make her a ‘necklace’ (would be in addition to her normal collar) with NeoPixels so we can see her in the yard more easily.
My plan is to attach the ribbon to a fabric collar and using conductive thread to pierce the strands in the ribbon to attach the NeoPixels.
Would you consider this a good way to use the ribbon? The first one I did was using lines of conductive thread down the fabric. But I’m hoping for a quicker method for my next try. And it is the holiday season. Decorate the dog!