{"id":1187,"date":"2016-04-18T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2016-05-06T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T05:00:21","slug":"weekly-update-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/2016\/04\/18\/weekly-update-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up till now almost all features have been completed except for pressure sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>I used arduino nano as my micro controller and two pressure sensors placed at the<\/p>\n<p>front and at the back of the insole. A 9V battery was used to power the hardware.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hurdles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not enough space to embed the electronics in the insole<\/li>\n<li>Lack of <strong>good<\/strong>\u00a0and cheap alternatives for supplying power<\/li>\n<li>Limited budget, so couldn&#8217;t purchase more sensors.<\/li>\n<li>Carving out the insole was difficult. The material is hard to work with<\/li>\n<li>Reliability issues with arduino nano (a known issue, that I should have known before purchasing it !!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accomplishments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Was able to get the device working<\/li>\n<li>Was able to fit all the hardware in the insole and hide it using a black fabric<\/li>\n<li>Even after modifications the design is relatively sleek and comfortable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/05\/insole.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1188 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/05\/insole-300x241.png\" alt=\"insole\" width=\"380\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/05\/insole-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/files\/2016\/05\/insole.png 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up till now almost all features have been completed except for pressure sensitivity. I used arduino nano as my micro controller and two pressure sensors placed at the front and at the back of the insole. A 9V battery was used to power the hardware. &nbsp; Hurdles: Not enough space to embed the electronics in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}