Hey all
So I'll do my best to be thorough.
PROJECT
- I have a ladder to my bed that is sometimes difficult to climb up/down when it's dark.
- At both the foot of and top of this ladder, I have a rug
- My objective is to place velostat beneath each carpet to triggered via foot pressure a soft fading light that will come from neopixels installed beneath each stair
WHAT I NEED HELP WITH
- Making sure I don't need any additional hardware
- Altering the existing Firewalker code to fit my project (or getting assistance on how to make my own)
- Making sure the right things are going into the right pin
SETUP
(in pics - http://imgur.com/6YDJ7us)
Velostat connected to arduino with copper wiring (from speaker wire) and duct tape
- wire plugged in to Pin A1
Neopixel connected via
- to + of 5V
- to - of 5V
** Additional jumper connected from 5V - to GND
** capacitor split between the 5V adaptor
Data Pin to Pin 6
REFERENCE
The Adafruit Firewalker LED Sneakers are a very close reference to what I'm attempting to do.
But:
- Instead of a Flora, I'm using an Arduino Uno
- Using copper speaker wire, split out, instead of conductive thread
- Instead of a Neopixel ring, I'm using a 1m/60led Neopixel from Adafruit
- Instead of animating a quick heel to toe sequence, I'm looking for a smooth fading on/off light that will subtly change color
CODE
I've tried to make little alterations to the original code that help my cause, but I am mostly lost. For example I had to change the Velostat pin to A1 and the LED count to 60.
Here is the original code
IS THERE HOPE FOR ME YET?!