User:1sfoerster/Costume

Problem Statement
Design and build a TRON: Legacy costume using a black morph suit, helmet, EL wires, lillypad arduinos, switches, and LEDs.

Goals: Demonstrate EL wire, switches, computer control over them, wearable computers to help sell engineering at HCC to Howard County Public school kids, and sell engineering within HCC.

Requirements: Build costume that most people can wear, be washed and repaired.

EL Wire Cutting and Splicing

 * EL wire was cut to different lengths and still worked.

Controlling EL wire

 * This is a video of the goal.
 * Have the sparkfun EL Sequencer
 * This is the ardunio /code/
 * Here is a tutorial to get started.

The battery needs to be charged, and the battery powered inverter hooked up.

Lillypad

 * Lilly pad is working. Have to make sure that the "thread/wire" used doesn't touch any other wires. When they touch, they electrically connect. This can ruin batteries and any desired light pattern.

Materials Ordered

 * portable EL wire 10 feet
 * more EL wire
 * motorcycle helment
 * SecondSkin Full Body Spandex/Lycra Suit
 * medium size black, not extra small which is the default

Next Steps

 * Make LED light cube to add to the costume
 * Get lillypad working, program the LED's
 * begin building the tron disk
 * test various glues to attach EL wire to spandex and other fabric
 * Put EL wire on motor cycle helment
 * Get EL controller working and tutorial on how to program it