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User Projects / Code Examples / TinyDuino and custom flex sensor hookup help needed!

« on: February 16, 2014, 09:14:41 PM »

Hello fellow Tiny lovers... I need some assistance with wiring a series of flex sensors to the Tiny prototype board - or even a breadboard... Here's the dilemma: The flex sensor comes from an old, long since discontinued toy, and is essentially five individual sensors on one flat flexible ribbon cable with all pathways run to a single connection... The original control board ribbon cable interface runs each circuit to a pair of resistors(?) on the control board - but I can't tell what they are... only identifying writing looks like "SDN" or maybe "5DN". Of course with the company now defunct, obtaining info on the tech specs is impossible - the only contact I can find from the company at all is their former sales guy...
So... any big brains out there willing to help me sort this puzzle out?
This project is a big part of why I chose and backed TinyDuino from the very beginning - and hope a fellow Tiny supporter can help me out...

If you can help me out in anyway, please feel free to email me directly: justin@omnionix.com.

Thanks!

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New Product Ideas / Re: Tiny ribbon connectors to allow different layouts

« on: February 16, 2014, 08:35:19 PM »

Calvinthedestroyer - Were you ever able to create mini ribbon cable?

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New Product Ideas / Re: TinyDuino Ribbon Cable Shield - so that shields can be stacked sideways

« on: February 15, 2014, 11:43:19 PM »

Agreed. For my principal project and Tiny Duino useage, horizontal orientation is very much needed...
Ken, this cable seems like a fairly straight forward request/build - and obviously the user community wants it - so how about it? Please knock this one out quickly!

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New Product Ideas / Re: Tiny-FlatDuino

« on: February 15, 2014, 11:40:18 PM »

Take all your standard TinyDuino boards and offer a version that has horizontal connections in place of the stackable connectors.  Not much design change, just a connector change.
This designs that have more flexibility in the horizontal plane to use it but require very thin designs.  Certain designs may not be able to accomodate the thickness of 3 or 4 stacked modules.

I agree - or create a flat ribbon cable with the Tiny-Duino sockets at each end so the boards can be laid and oriented horizontally in certain designs/projects.