LED Bracer Workshop
taught by Amped Atelier
What we used:
Eva foam
Parallel Circuits
Duracell battery
Led
Copper Tape
Contact Cement ( super gel glue)
Led- The long side is the plus side.
Copper Tape- Very conductive . Ridged ,
For Actual fabric - conductive fabric tape. Amazon
Led, Battery source, something conductive- simple circuit
Sharing the power, which is what we did, is the parallel circuit
Blue Led's take less energy
Red- won't show great
White - is all colors. it sucks all the energy out from the others.
Places to purchase:
Lily pad & Spark fun ( The lilly pad is best for sewing, it has switches)
Chibitronis- paper circuit speciality
* If you are going to cosplay, if your lighting will be over a joint- use strain relief circuits.
Voltage Calculator - it will spit out a circuit diagram
FV- Forward Voltage
Amps- how much juice it takes
Contact Cement is used for real foam armor
Steps for building your LED Bracer
1. Match the sticky with the no sticky foam, making sure the holes match up.
2. Lilly Pad Battery Holder- on circuit, you need 1 positive & 1 negative
3. Draw/trace where the layout will be along with the + and - signs.
4. Lay the conductive fabric thread on the two lines.
5. Take the led's & split them ( gently) face down through the holes in the foam
6. glue the lilly pad battery holder at the top where we traced.
7. Use more conductive tape to sandwich the led wires. don't let the led touch the top of your battery. it can short circuit .
8. Can put a strip off foam to make it not touch your skin.
