E-textiles#
October 17th, 2023
Program#
Introduction (10 min)#
- Why soft, why embedding
What is electricity? (15 min)#
- What is a circuit
- How does electricity move
- Voltage, Resistance, Current
- LEDs
Conductive materials (10 min)#
- Fabrics - resistive/conductive
- Threads - resistive/conductive
- Inks - resistive/conductive
Tools (10 min)#
- Vinyl cutter, laser, embroidery, machine sewing
- Multimeter, soldering iron
Hard/soft connections (10 min)#
- Machine-sewable Hard/Soft Connections
- crimp beads
- Perfboard/Conductive thread
- Metal machine popper/Conductive fabric
- Hand sewable metal popper/Conductive thread
- Wire/Conductive fabric (soldering)
- Wire/Conductive thread (soldering)
Soft sensors (35 min)#
- Digital
- Switches - momentary/toggle
- Tilt
- Joystick
- Stroke
- Analog
- Pressure sensor ( analog input example)
- Potentiometers
- Stretch sensors - fabric/knit
- Bend sensors
- Accelerometer
Programming (60 min)#
- Intro to microcontrollers and board computers
- Connecting to the microcontroller
- Reading code
- Sensor circuits
- voltage dividers
- pull up/down resistors
- Normally on/off LED - how to switch that in the code
- Tips for making data meaningful
Learning outcomes#
- Understand how we can produce soft circuits, sensors and actuators
- Learn how to embed them in garments, soft objects or wearables
- Study and learn soft-hard connections
- Discover necessary materials, components, tools
- Explore and replicate existing projects
Weekly Assignment#
Visit the handbook to see the assignment criteria for this class.
Lecture Notes#
Here you can find Liza´s resources on her soft circuiter webpage
Resources#
- TUTORIALS
- Tutorials - Emma Pareschi: Day 1 part 1 - Introduction to basic electronics
- Tutorials - Emma Pareschi: Day 1 part 2 - Introduction to sensors
- Tutorials - Emma Pareschi: Day 2 - Introduction to Arduino
MATERIALS
eTextile Summer Camp 2016 Material Library
How to Work with Conductive Fabric by Lara Grant
CONNECTIONS
Connection category from Kobakant
SENSORS
Curated Collections
Textile Sensor Demos for Summer School
School of Wicked Fabrics: Foundation /02
Switches
Momentary
Toggle
Tilt
Stroke
Sensors
Pressure
Simple Fabric Pressure Sensors
Neoprene Pressure Sensor Matrix
Bend
Potentiometer
Stretch
Accelerometer
CODE
Basic
Making Your Data Meaningful