How To Activate Iphone Nike+ Sensor

hey phil, you're looking so serious, why don'tyou lighten up? it's easy to mod your sneakers to light upwhen you walk. today we'll show you how to add neopixel strip and a simple sensor todetect your steps, with flora, adafruit's wearable electronics platform. for this project we'll be using velostat.what is that? velostat is a material that

How To Activate Iphone Nike+ Sensor, becomes less resistive when it's pinched,so we made a basic sensor from it to detect each time your weight comes down on the heelof the shoe. just tape one piece of conductive thread toeach side of a small piece of velostat, forming a loop under the tape. then pick up the tailswith a needle and stitch them up the side

of the shoe, connecting one to ground andthe other to an analog input on the flora board. each time flora sees the resistance of thevelostat drop, it knows you've stepped on the heel sensor, and it triggers the ledsaround the sole to animate, lighting up your stride. we prototyped the circuit with alligatorclips before attaching everything to the shoes. put your shoes on and bend your foot as thoughyou're standing on your tip toes. mark off the parts of the shoe that bend the most,and skip these spots when it's time to glue. this will reduce the likelihood of crackingthe flexible circuit board when the shoes bend.

now we need to glue the strips to the shoes.we recommend permatex 66b silicone adhesive because it sticks to the sheathing of theneopixel strip, but test any adhesive first to make sure it also sticks to the rubberof your shoes. this triple a battery holder lives in theshoe's laces, and you can follow along with our complete tutorial on the adafruit learningsystem to build your own firewalker led sneakers. subscribe to the adafruit channel on youtubeand don't miss our weekly live show about wearable electronics with me, becky stern.