The ball has no been transfused from its bread board and been put inside a dogs tennis ball, it was only a dogs tennis ball as it was all we could find. The technology does all fit in , its a bit tight but the bluetac keeps it in one place. A problem we encountered was that we need really short wires and the smallest we had was 10 cm, so we had to cut wires up to make new ones. It was fiddly but we a bit of solder it did all go together.The other problem was that the pressure sensor ground wire kept coming lose its it connection slot. The solution was to just solder it directly to the wire.
Here is the technical diagram for the ball
Here is the technical diagram for the ball
Its the same as before we just haven't used a bread board to connect up everything and its all pressed inside a ball, apart from the pressure sensor which lives on the outside. The technology is now hidden away from the user out of site. In doing so i hope it will seamlessly become part of the users day to day activities
below is the finished ball .
below is the finished ball .
In order to keep everything in place bluetac has been laid inside.This should stop the components from moving around.The ball is powered by a lithium iron battery which will also sit inside the ball. We have now created a piece of wireless technology that fits inside the everyday object a ball.
What i have learnt :
size : technology can get really micro i did not think i would have a pressure sensitive ball that's connect to the net.
solder: a little bit of solder goes along way.
size : technology can get really micro i did not think i would have a pressure sensitive ball that's connect to the net.
solder: a little bit of solder goes along way.