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Conductive Ribbon - 3-Conductor (1 yard)
Here we have some conductive ribbon. Essentially, it's a fabric with 3 conductors woven into the ribbon. It measures roughly 0.2" wide and 0.03" thick. You will get a 1 yard (~3 foot long) section of ribbon. It has very little (negligible) resistance to it. The material is 68% tinsel and 32% polyester.
Since it has 3 discrete conductors in it, you can transmit power, ground, and signal with a single ribbon! It's relatively flexible and durable. As long as your iron isn't too hot, it solders easily and makes for a good addition to any wearable electronics project.
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Does any one how to connect the conductive ribbons to MPU6050 or any other such form factors which then gets connected to Arduino Uno R3
One yard is not long enough!
You can splice two pieces together using a Bare Brick or LED Brick. The manufacturer also sells cut-to-length pieces at http://fabrick.it
May I have official confirmation on if these guys are insulated or not? Kinda limits the applications if you can't overlap or not worry how the end product folds and moves.
For anyone with this problem, try using a bit of Iron on interfacing, it will stick to the ribbon nicely with just a bit of heat from an iron, and its thin. Its used for cuffs and neck parts of dress shirts usually, but its handy for many things ( and cheap!)
Maybe you could use shrink wrap for your overlapping areas, or shrink wrap the entire thing. Shrink wrap comes in all types of wonderful colors.
A more simple solution if you are actually sewing this ribbon into the fabric you can just put an extra piece of fabric between any areas that overlap... :)
No, there is no insulation. It is made to sew into clothing, not necessarily overlap.
From the soldering tutorial, it looks like the wires (conductors) aren't insulated. Not prohibitive, but take it into account when planning.
Could it be bought in contiguous lengths longer than 1yd (in multiples of 1yd)?
Not at this time, sorry. They are precut when we get them.