Wireless Controlled Wearable EL Wire Dance Suit

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Understanding Your Circuit

Glove Controller

If you have not already, make sure to check out this tutorial on making a wireless glove controller.

Wireless Glove Controller

April 24, 2019

Build a wireless glove controller with Arduinos to trigger an LED using XBees!

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The XBee configuration and circuit used in the tutorial is the same as the one used to control each of the EL Sequencers.

Remote EL Sequencers

Each dancer has a remote EL Sequencer attached to their suit. If you have not already, make sure to check out the following tutorials to controlling each channel of the EL Sequencer, modify your inverter, and to make your own simple EL Wire suit.

EL Sequencer/Escudo Dos Hookup Guide

A basic guide to getting started with the SparkFun EL Sequencer and Escudo Dos to control electroluminescence (EL) wire, panels, and strips.

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EL Wire Hoodie

In this tutorial, we will sew standard electroluminescent (EL) wire to a hoodie.

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EL Wire Pants

In this tutorial, we will sew standard electroluminescent (EL) wire to a pair of pants.

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How to Make a Custom EL Wire Extension Cable

In this tutorial, we will make a custom EL Wire extension cable as an alternative to splicing wire.

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Modifying Your EL Wire Inverter

In this tutorial, we will modify the 12V EL wire inverter to power the EL Sequencer/EL Escudo Dos off a single power supply.

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Since the EL Sequencer was using the 12V inverter, a solder jumper was added to SJ1. A 9V battery was as sufficient to power the "12V" inverter, XBee, and EL Sequencer. For simplicity, each dancer had one 3M EL Wire attached to the hoodie and and another 3M for the pants. The only difference was the connection in the EL Wire channel. Each student was paired together to have the same two channels.