Power distribution for wearables: how do you do it? And importantly, what influences that decision for you?
Busbars seem like a very bulky solution, especially since most tend to be built for humongous current ratings (as far as wearables go, at least). If you use them, what size/current rating have you found that is suitably compact for wearable projects?
If it were I … welding cables … high current, extremely flexible
@David_Brenchley What do you mean, “welding cables”?
Thickness of 10AWG wire aside (I’m surprised anyone uses wire that size for wearables), how do you split one power source to many lights?
I don’t … your comment referenced buss bars … if I needed to distro power a buss bar would be able to on a wearable device … this would be my choice … it might be found in a lesser gauge. Welding cable uses many more smaller strands than say thhn and therefore is very flexible. Something I think would be desired in a wearable. As to tapping the main cables … I’d just cut back a section of insulation and solder a tap to power the LEDs.
Go to a BMW dealer and ask for part#
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They come in many pin count variations and there are even housings
I just found these cheap single-rail busbars on Digi-Key (they’re an Adafruit product so you can order them wherever). They can handle roughly 10A which is plenty for my purposes: https://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&itemSeq=197887819&uq=635995966562725038
Ive done wiresplit method for 5 or less.
I came across these which I am going to test out soon as an option.
But im looking at other busbar methods.
