Week5

Within “Heat It Up” apparel there is a computer chip that contains all the binary information needed to carry out the functions the apparel allows the consumer.  There are bits that are coded for fully charging the heating system in the apparel, for powering on and off the heating system in the apparel, and for adjusting the temperature of the apparel.

The apparel needs to be fully charged to allow for the heating system to work for up to 12 hours.  There is one bite with the value 1 or 0 representing either yes it is charged or no it is not charged.  So the computer chip knows whether the system has been fully charged because it reads the one bite with the  values 1 or 0. Once the heating system has been fully charged, the consumer can choose to have the system on or off at any time throughout the day.  Once again there is one bite with the value 1 or 0 indicating the heating system is turned on or off.

When the heating system is on, the temperature can be adjusted.  There are five different settings for the heating system (65, 70, 75, 80, 85), meaning there are five different binary numbers associated with each.   Each of these binary numbers is made up of a combination of 1’s and 0’s and each contain 7 bits (just under 1 byte).  For example, the binary number for 65 is 1000001. Overall, the chip for this product requires less than one kilobyte to hold all of the binary information.