Heated gloves are amazing.
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird some ribbon cables are designed to be side release, but I don’t know how big you’d find them
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird@sauropods.win Would press-studs work? Those would seem eminently electrifiable.
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Yes an app with a monthly subscription fee. When the contract changes without warning, they brick your hands.
@futurebird @Phosphenes and by paying extra, you unlock the premium heating of your little fingers, too!
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I’m wondering if that would be reliable if the glove was damp?
@futurebird not necessarily - it might depend on the type of glove, or we could try several sensors. thresholds for a whole hand are pretty high, so I think it should be doable. it needs development though - so maybe you’re right.
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
How about the fastened strap keeping a button pressed, so it would be releasing the button when clip gets opened?
That way, you can place that button in a less exposed position.
If you don't want to use a button, you could also place two bare wires that get connected by a piece of aluminum wrapped around the strap, once the strap is fastened.
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird sounds like a job for a magnetic switch
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?@futurebird My wife has a pair of these and I had never considered them to warm up my arthritic hands (duh)! Charging them up now.
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off? -
Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?@futurebird an accelerometer detecting movement? Pressure sensors detecting hands inside, maybe multiple on the fingers, maybe at the wrist because of the strap? Maybe temp sensors detecting hands, or cold outside temps (useful for people going between buildings)?
Red glowing LED when it’s on, acting as a reminder to turn it off? Which could then be used to monitor charging status.
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?@futurebird It seems to me those gloves might need an “ant-e-phalange” cutoff switch.
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird I’ve bought many, but never seen one that acts as a switch. The closest thing would be the magnetic heads of certain USB-C cables.
The thing with clothing is that there are not many products that mix electricity with fabric. Connections tend to break on a flexible medium. Gloves also get damp, which is a no-no with exposed circuits.
I love those gloves: I can see myself using them for biking in winter.
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?@futurebird Ring with magnet? This little switch turns on when magnet is within an inch. Not sure you'd want to wear a magnetic ring on both hands. Magnetic fingernail stick-on? ":^)
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
This reminds me of the signal gas caps on cars make when they click closed. No click when closing, the car refuses to drive. How does that switch signal happen...
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird maybe a reed switch?
I would be wary of any physical or mechanical connection wearing out so something that's non-contact (but not so involved as NFC) seems like it would be durable and reed switches are fairly inexpensive.For NFC I would be concerned about how exactly you would fit the antenna and tag into a clip or space where they can overlap enough to work when latched.
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird look at hall effect sensors or proximity switches
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?@futurebird If the batteries are of the kind you would remove to charge or launder the gloves, then the simplest solution would be the batteries on small lanyards attached to the gloves, and you just popped them out to know they were off etc, like for instance a memory card. Normally tho, such connections have VERY thin gold plating, and repeated removal and reinsertion wears it off leading to corrosion and intermittency.
Such a small thing you could probably charge with a snap-together inductive coupling with no intermittent connections - ie everything soldered or crimped, and a MOSFET to switch/regulate the heater on and off, activated by any of umpteen contactless possibilities, eg a small hall-effect device on the wrist strap etc.
How abt a thermistor inside the insulation and another on the outside? When it detects your slightly warmer but not warm enough hand inside, yet very cold outside, it puts power to heater till the inside is the right T. Dunno how it would prevent self-heating and then assuming that was your heat. Some probably too precise algo.
Ultimately of course, it should be supplied with a circuit diagram and made of parts any electronic savvy person can source but...
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
CC: @ragman
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Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?
I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?
@futurebird Fidlock’s SNAP 25 Electrified is *serious* overkill for keeping gloves together, but it’s a magneto-mechanical fastener with an integrated switch. They offer closed-when-fastened or open-when-fastened models, but the signal is only available on one side. Wouldn’t work for this directly, but could be a starting point for research. Here’s a datasheet for one line:
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Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.
The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.
What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?
* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?Simplest solution? What about external power? That would require you to plug them in to use them, and unplug to take them off, so no worries about leaving them on, plus recharging becomes easy as you just bring the battery to where ever you charge your phone and other devices… And then you just have one more thing you need to remember to grab, which might be a problem.
