March 15:
Today is our last day to finish up the T-shirt. We had to sew the LEDs down to the shirt, and connect them to the arduino wires. We also had to glue-gun the fiber optics to the shirt so that they would not slide out and lose their position in the shirt.
Glued the end of the fiber optics to the shirt
LED sewn onto the shirt
Unfortunately, the wires were too close together. We had underestimated how long the wires could hang down, and that they were touching other wires. It's way too late to take out the all the wires and re-wire them, so our solution the problem was to use the glue-gun and cover the wires with glue, as well as use the glue to hold down the wires in place so that they dont' move around. It's a bit mess, but it's better than using clear tape.
Used glue as insulation for the conductive thread
Yet, even after gluing down the wires and connections so that they dont' touch their neighbouring wires, the whole circuit is still short-circuiting. Some LEDs work, some don't. We believe it's because the connective threads and the wires are too close to each other. One wrinkle in the area is enough to short circuit itself.
Final testing
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