Introduction
Build a Light Touch enclosure from a plastic bottle, chopsticks, a cereal bag and a few other household items.
To begin this step you’ll need to have your Light Touch breadboard assembly already made (one or two of them depending on whether you are intending to pair them yourself, or pair remotely). You’ll also need to have ready the necessary tools and parts which can be sourced from a range of independent online retailers - click the parts links for more details including tailored options for certain countries.
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Gather the parts and tools shown in the picture.
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Crumple a sheet of tinfoil around the exposed metal on the end of the capacitive touch lead.
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Mount the breadboard assembly on a small piece of cardboard that will fit inside the plastic bottle. The breadboard has a double sided tape backing which can be used to attach it.
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Cut the plastic bottle in half with scissors and keep the bottom section.
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Secure the breadboard assembly inside the bottle by attaching the cardboard to the edge of the bottle with a bulldog clip.
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Secure the chopsticks to the outside of the bottle using rubber bands or sellotape. Align the chopsticks so none of them are directly in front of the LEDs.
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For added diffusion you can add piece of tracing paper inside the bottle covering the area in front of the LEDs. You can use secure it in place using the bulldog clip.
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Cut the end off of a cereal liner and drape it over the top of the bottle
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Plug in the USB power lead ready for testing. A small red light should appear when the device is powered up.
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Press and hold the tinfoil ball to scroll through different colours. Let go to select a colour.
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Tap quickly on the tinfoil ball to send this colour to the your paired Light Touch Device.
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Receive a second colour back from your paired Light Touch device.
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The build is finished and ready to use.
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Enjoy!
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Use the capacitive touch tinfoil ball to operate the device.
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Press and hold the tinfoil ball to scroll through different colours. Let go to select a colour.
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Tap quickly on the tinfoil ball to send this colour to the your paired Light Touch device.
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Receive a second colour back from your paired Light Touch device.
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