How To Make Lighting Shoes 2015

Step 1: Materials That You Need

• 2 x Teensy 2.0 microcontrollers


• Adafruit NeoPixel Digital LED


• 4 x Flexiforce pressure sensors


• 2 x 4xAA alkaline battery packs


• 4 x 1N4001 diodes


• 2 x shoes with thick soles


• 2 x 1000uF capacitors


• 4 x 1 Megaohm resistors


• 2 x 10K resistors


• Soldering iron + solder


• Basic sewing kit (needles, thread, thimble, scissors)


• Electrical tape

Step 2

The main step is to pick the shoes you need to light up! I was fortunate and figured out how to get this pair at Target for $5, regardless any pair will do the length of it has thick soles and effectively removable insoles.

Evacuate the insoles, on the grounds that you will need to mount the power sensors onto the sole of the shoe from within. It ought to be really simple to detach the insoles by hand. You can return the them on in the wake of everything is bound and prepared to go, yet the sensors need to be mounted on the hard/level surface of the insole-less shoe.

In the event that your shoes are utilized, clean them first before sticking the NeoPixels! Any soil or trash will impede the grip process. It doesn't need to be spotless, however verify there aren't any stones in the way.

Cut the NeoPixel strips along the assigned slice focuses to the length important to fit around your shoe. It may not be a flawless fit, so begin with the starting the strip at the heel of your shoe and work some way or another around counter-clockwise. Nobody will truly perceive the hole in light of the fact that they'll be diverted from how super cool whatever remains of the shoe looks!

Use Gorilla paste (or the glue of your decision that deals with the silicone waterproofing) to stick the Neopixels to the shoe. Do it just a few inches at once so you can verify you have a decent fit. Try not to put stick on the spots where your shoe flexes the most (around the chunks of your feet) on the grounds that you need to make a slack so your Neopixels don't get harmed when you walk.

You can utilize elastic groups to keep the NeoPixels set up as you sit tight for the paste to dry. I didn't have any issues with the strip moving while I was sticking, however I put them on at any rate as a sanity check. Sit tight for the cement to cure.

 

Step 3

 

 

 

 

Step 4 made the  Circuit

 

 

 

 

Step 5  assemble the component

 



 

 

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