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Tutorial: Home Made Sensor

To do this sensor you will need:

1- piece of fabric

2- velostat

3- conductive thread

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You have to sew the thread in the very center of the fabric and cover it with velostat.

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Close it as a sandwich (with the velostat in the middle ).  Connect the thread in the arduino.

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One of the threads has to be connect with A0 and the other with 5V.

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Now with the code of potentiometer, I am going to check the values when I touch or release the sensor .

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Values when the sensor is released:

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Values when the sensor is touched:

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TUTORIAL by Aline Martinez Santos

References:

http://afroditipsarra.com/index.php?/on-going/softarticulations/

http://www.packagingknowledge.com/Anti_Static_Bags.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_discharge

http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=381