MiMu BLOG

3 Pairs of NIME Gloves!!!

Rachel, Seb and Hannah come together in London for a long weekend of gloves making! And Adam joined for some software programming! The goal was to bring together the polished fabric gloves design (by Rachel) with the x-OSC & x-BIMU board (by Seb) in time for rehearsals leading up to the gloves performance at NIME.

Wiring of Flex Sensors to x-OSC:

(left and right hands are identical)
thumb [white cables] - analog 5
index (hand knuckle) [yellow cable] - analog 6
index (finger knuckle) [yellow stripy cable] - analog 7
middle (hand knuckle) [orange cable] - analog 8
middle (finger knuckle) [orange stripy cable] - analog 9
ring (hand knuckle) [purple cable] - analog 10
ring (finger knuckle) [purple stripy cable] - analog 11
thumb [gray cable] - analog 12

Wiring of RGB LED to x-OSC:

(left and right hands are identical)
red - red wire
green - green wire
blue - blue wire
black - ground

Wiring of Vibration Motors to x-OSC:

(left and right hands are identical)
left vibration motor - ‘blue on grey’ and ‘blue on white’ wires
right vibration motor - ‘green on grey’ and ‘green on white’ wires

Imogen’s New Performance Pair (black), Dev Pairs (purple):

Close-ups:

Production:

Complete kits:

- 2x gloves
- 2x battery chargers
- 2x x-OSC USB power cables
- 2x x-OSC battery & charger
- 1x Router + Ethernet cable + USB power cable

Hardware faults (tested on 9th May, 2014):

Immi left:
- Swap motor positions
Immi Right:
- Swap motor positions

London left:
- Flex sensor channel 10 (connector pin too short; need to remake connector)
- Motor channels connected
- Swap motor positions?
London right:
- Red LED (fix requires unstiching of textiles)

Bristol left:
- Missing safty pins
- Swap motor positions
Bristol right:
- Flex sensor channels 9, 10, 12