My name is Eva and I am new to this site as to Arduino in general. I am currently working on a project for which I am planning to make a dress into which I am sewing EL wires, that light up when the person wearing the dress moves. As I said, I am new to this and it is quite a challenge. Before I start designing it, I would like to ask anyone who might know this if there are any limitations or restrains to the design. For example, since I will need to use accelerometers, can it be tight or should it rather not be? How far can the wire be from the body and the accelerometer? I would appreciate it very much if someone could give me some advice. Thanks for your time
I would have thought that accelerometers would need to be held against the body to prevent flapping in order to get a good signal. For your questions about the EL itself I would have thought you would need to avoid excessive strain or flex of the wire, but hopefully the people supplying it will tell you what is required there. I expect you would need to be particularly careful with the battery and the wiring there will probably need some form of strain relief.
Are you proposing to make your own driver/controller, or just turn an existing controller on and off?
Hopefully you're aware of the Lilypad Arduino range.
Thanks for answering. I am aware of the lilypad range but I was advised not to work with it because it is so small and because I am on a budget for this project and would need many where I could only use one if I am working with the Arduino Uno. I have to say I don't know about the controller, not even what it is needed for. This must sound very weird for everyone clued in about the Arduino but up until last week I had not even heard of it and I now trying to work my way through it.
