5. E-Textiles and Wearables I
- Build at least one digital and one analogue soft sensors, using different materials and techniques.
- Document the sensor project as well as the readings got using the AnalogRead of Arduino
- Integrate the two soft sensors into one or two textile swatches using hard soft connections
- Document the circuit and it’s schematic
- Document your swatches
- Upload a small video of the swatches functioning
- EXTRA POINT Integrate the swatch into a project
Basics, research, inspiration
I'm so excited about this week! I have worked with electronics before but have little experience with soft circuitry and e-textiles. So am very happy about the opportunity to learn more this week (by doing!).
During this class I was in Copenhagen so I had to skip this assignment, but I'm catching up now. I had to miss some tutorials, but since I know electronics fundamentals from previous experience and Fabacademy, I mainly studied the (really helpful and clear!) materials provided by Liza Stark on the class page and Kobakant. I've been obsessed with this website for years. It's so good.
Danish Krone Analog sensor by Plusea
I found these swatches with the Danish Krone slide-switch/softpot by Plusea (Hannah Perner-Wilson) here. Since I was in Denmark this week, I kept a few of my Kroner to try it out!
Bikini clip digital switch
I went through my sewing kit looking for some textile related hardware that might be conductive. I found this nice bikini clip, check it with the multimeter and BOOM! Found my switch.
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