My new Flexinol finally arrived.\u00a0 I wired up a new test using the thinner music wire I purchased and the results were…unsuccessful, but encouraging.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OqKqs0836uM<\/a><\/p>\n You can see in the video that the Flexinol works as anticipated and does cause some movement in the paper.\u00a0 However, either the wire is still too stiff or the Flexinol simply doesn’t contract enough to create the range of motion I’m looking for.\u00a0 Currently I’m researching ways of amplifying that range of motion, possibly through some sort of actuator\/pulley system.\u00a0 This site<\/a> has some interesting options.<\/p>\n On the non-electronic front, the felt panel has been created and will be printed tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My new Flexinol finally arrived.\u00a0 I wired up a new test using the thinner music wire I purchased and the results were…unsuccessful, but encouraging. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OqKqs0836uM You can see in the video that the Flexinol works as anticipated and does cause … Continue reading