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	This page was started by [[User:Katie]] after [http://hacdc.org/content/soft-circuits-led-cuff-workshop the LED Cuff workshop] to record her thoughts about potential improvements, but anyone is welcome to contribute to it.		This page was started by [[User:Katie]] after [http://hacdc.org/content/soft-circuits-led-cuff-workshop the LED Cuff workshop] to record her thoughts about potential improvements, but anyone is welcome to contribute to it.

	== General Lessons Learned ==		== General Lessons Learned. ==

	These tips apply to any workshop held at HacDC or a similar hackerspace.		These tips apply to any workshop held at HacDC or a similar hackerspace.

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	* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.		* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.

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	** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)		** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
	* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.		* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.

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	This page was started by [[User:Katie]] after [http://hacdc.org/content/soft-circuits-led-cuff-workshop the LED Cuff workshop] to record her thoughts about potential improvements, but anyone is welcome to contribute to it.		This page was started by [[User:Katie]] after [http://hacdc.org/content/soft-circuits-led-cuff-workshop the LED Cuff workshop] to record her thoughts about potential improvements, but anyone is welcome to contribute to it.

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	== General Lessons Learned ==		== General Lessons Learned ==

			These tips apply to any workshop held at HacDC or a similar hackerspace.

	* If attendees need to register, make it more than obvious that they do.		* If attendees need to register, make it more than obvious that they do.
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	== LED Cuff-specific Lessons Learned ==		== LED Cuff-specific Lessons Learned ==

			These tips apply specifically to the LED Cuff workshop.

	* The [http://www.sparklab.la/bracelet/tutorial_wearablelight.pdf instructions] could use a good diagram of the layout of everything in and on the cuff.		* The [http://www.sparklab.la/bracelet/tutorial_wearablelight.pdf instructions] could use a good diagram of the layout of everything in and on the cuff.

Katie at 02:20, 28 September 2009

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	* Bring extra materials and tools -- participants will lose track of things, especially small things, or want to start over with a fresh whatever-it-is.		* Bring extra materials and tools -- participants will lose track of things, especially small things, or want to start over with a fresh whatever-it-is.
	* Signs posted in the building directing people to HacDC are a good thing.		* Signs posted in the building directing people to HacDC are a good thing.
			* Only give kits to folks who registered.
			** Was there anyone who registered and showed up who didn't receive a kit? I thought I had struck a good compromise between fairness and efficiency by giving no-shows' kits to walk-in participants a little while after the workshop started. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 02:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

	== LED Cuff-specific Lessons Learned ==		== LED Cuff-specific Lessons Learned ==
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	** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)		** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
	* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.		* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.
	* Only give kits to folks who registered.

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	** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)		** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
	* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.		* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.
			* Only give kits to folks who registered.

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	* [http://www.lc-led.com/View/itemNumber/129 These LEDs] may be cheaper.		* [http://www.lc-led.com/View/itemNumber/129 These LEDs] may be cheaper.
	** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)		** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
			* Turning the legs of the battery holder out away from the center of the holder seemed to hold them to the fabric better than turning them in. Cutting off the plastic posts on the bottom of the battery holder kept it closer to the fabric. These [http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8822 sewable] battery holders may have been more expensive but easier for this project.

Katie at 18:28, 23 September 2009

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	* A standard hole punch will jam and possibly break when you use it to abuse leather or other leather-like material.		* A standard hole punch will jam and possibly break when you use it to abuse leather or other leather-like material.
	* [http://www.lc-led.com/View/itemNumber/129 These LEDs] may be cheaper.		* [http://www.lc-led.com/View/itemNumber/129 These LEDs] may be cheaper.
			** For the workshop we got the LEDs for $.65 each through Digikey. Looks like the ones above are actually more expensive. - [[User:Katie\|Katie]] 18:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)