straw switch

I could not test my first ideas for the switch (balloons and static) because of the rainy weather and so I had to improvise the night before the class with what I had.  A straw, a power source, the LEDs and a little ATmega chip. The switch in itself is simple.  The Vcc line is closed when a conductive liquid passes through the straw.  It then turns on the ATmega chips which makes a row of LEDs alternatively blink.  It’s corny but it’s a switch with a little twist. The voltage had to be upped to around 17v because the Gatorade I was using acts as a big resistor. Schematics. web post on my site. v.