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 Create an interactive object; if you are already experienced with coding, focus on fully integrating a microcontoller into a textile circuit. If you are new to coding, choose an example and get it working using your own sensors and actuators.
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+=== Digital Sensor Circuits ===
+A **digital sensor**  is an electronic or electrochemical sensor, where [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_conversion|data conversion]] and data transmission are done digitally.
+When a digital sensor is connected to a microcontroller, need to use a pull down or pull-up resistor. A nice tutorial about pull-up, pull-down resistor can be found [[https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pull-up-resistors|here]].
+=== Reading Resistive Sensors ===
+The first thing I want to test is how my crochet pressure sensor acts in a voltage divider. Many sensors in the real world are simple resistive devices. A [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9088|photocell]] is a variable resistor, which produces a resistance proportional to the amount of light it senses. Other devices like [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8606?|flex sensors]], [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9375|force-sensitive resistors]], and [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/250|thermistors]], are also variable resistors.
+It turns out voltage is really easy for microcontrollers (those with [[https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion|analog-to-digital converters]] - ADC’s - at least) to measure. Resistance? Not so much. But, by adding another resistor to the resistive sensors, we can create a voltage divider. Once the output of the voltage divider is known, we can go back and calculate the resistance of the sensor.
+For example, the photocell’s resistance varies between 1kΩ in the light and about 10kΩ in the dark. If we combine that with a static resistance somewhere in the middle - say 5.6kΩ, we can get a wide range out of the voltage divider they create.
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-=== Digital Sensor Circuits ===
+===   ===
-A **digital sensor**  is an electronic or electrochemical sensor, where [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_conversion|data conversion]] and data transmission are done digitally.
-When a digital sensor is connected to a microcontroller, need to use a pull down or pull-up resistor. A nice tutorial about pull-up, pull-down resistor can be found [[https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pull-up-resistors|here]].
-=== Reading Resistive Sensors ===
-The first thing I want to test is how my crochet pressure sensor acts in a voltage divider. Many sensors in the real world are simple resistive devices. A [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9088|photocell]] is a variable resistor, which produces a resistance proportional to the amount of light it senses. Other devices like [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8606?|flex sensors]], [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9375|force-sensitive resistors]], and [[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/250|thermistors]], are also variable resistors.
-It turns out voltage is really easy for microcontrollers (those with [[https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analog-to-digital-conversion|analog-to-digital converters]] - ADC’s - at least) to measure. Resistance? Not so much. But, by adding another resistor to the resistive sensors, we can create a voltage divider. Once the output of the voltage divider is known, we can go back and calculate the resistance of the sensor.
-For example, the photocell’s resistance varies between 1kΩ in the light and about 10kΩ in the dark. If we combine that with a static resistance somewhere in the middle - say 5.6kΩ, we can get a wide range out of the voltage divider they create.