Editing Compass Vibro Anklet Directions
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This is a working sensor! Now you need a display and an armature. | This is a working sensor! Now you need a display and an armature. | ||
==Part Two: Build Pager Motor Array== | ==Part Two: Build Pager Motor Array=== | ||
The pager motor array is logically pretty simple, but it’s tricky to solder together properly. | The pager motor array is logically pretty simple, but it’s tricky to solder together properly. | ||
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1. Connect the ribbon cable to the connector. Strip the ends of the ribbon cable and solder them into the connector. | 1. Connect the ribbon cable to the connector. Strip the ends of the ribbon cable and solder them into the connector. | ||
2. Peel off a little bit of the bottom ground wire of the ribbon cable. Strip the end of the wire. Solder the line to the ground line of the first pager motor. | 2. Peel off a little bit of the bottom ground wire of the ribbon cable. Strip the end of the wire. Solder the line to the ground line of the first pager motor. | ||
3. Splice off a wire from the power line: strip some of the cable, solder another wire to the exposed metal, and wrap the connection with electrical tape for stability. Connect the spliced wire to the power line of the first pager motor. | 3. Splice off a wire from the power line: strip some of the cable, solder another wire to the exposed metal, and wrap the connection with electrical tape for stability. Connect the spliced wire to the power line of the first pager motor. | ||
4. Repeat steps 2-3 for each pager motor along the length of the ribbon cable. Peel of a little more from the next ground wire of the ribbon cable and strip the wire to solder to the ground line of the next pager motor. Splice another wire from the power line in the same place and solder the spliced wire to the power line of the next pager motor. | 4. Repeat steps 2-3 for each pager motor along the length of the ribbon cable. Peel of a little more from the next ground wire of the ribbon cable and strip the wire to solder to the ground line of the next pager motor. Splice another wire from the power line in the same place and solder the spliced wire to the power line of the next pager motor. | ||