Wearable design and prototyping
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The document outlines the essentials of wearable design and prototyping, emphasizing various aspects such as e-textiles, smart textiles, and components like sensors and microcontrollers. It details the wearable design process, including ideation, prototyping, and resources for materials and components. Additionally, it provides tips and considerations for working with conductive materials and electronic components in fashion technology.
Wearable design and prototyping
- 1. WEARABLE DESIGN AND PROTOTYPING ITP Camp 2017 Jingwen Zhu
- 3. WEARABLES E-TEXTILES SMART-TEXTILES FASHIONABLE TECHNOLOGY SOFT CIRCUITRYWEARABLE TECHNOLOGY WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
- 4. WEARABLE
- 5. ELECTRONICS WEARABLE ELECTRONICS E-textiles, smart textiles
- 8. SEEING & MEDIATED REALITY
- 11. TACTILU Feel touch from loved one who is away
- 12. EMBRACE-ME
- 13. IDENTITY
- 14. WELLBEING
- 16. TIME,SPACE,LOCATION&DISTANCE Take me home, GPS shoes
- 17. FASHION DILEMMAS
- 18. MATERIALS
- 20. FASHION TECHNIQUES Sewing, draping, design
- 22. MICROCONTROLLERS
- 23. INPUT & OUTPUT
- 24. SOFT CIRCUITRY Becky Stern’s Lilypad Embroidery
- 25. PROGRAMMING
- 28. ELECTRICITY ➤ The flow of electrical energy ➤ Two elements: power source + components
- 29. POWER SOURCE AC: alternating current DC: direct current
- 30. POWER SOURCE Coin Cell Battery Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery
- 31. Power + Ground -
- 32. COMPONENTS ➤ Sensors: convert other energy to electrical energy (input) ➤ Actuators: convert electrical energy to other forms (output)
- 33. SENSORS • Switch, knob, button • Light sensor: photocell • Sound: Microphone
- 35. SENSORS • Accelerometers: movement • Gyroscope: rotation • Flex sensor: bend • Force sensor(FSR): pressure • Stretch sensor
- 36. ACTUATORS • Light: LEDs • Movement: motors LEDs Sewable LED sequins Neopixel smart RGB LEDs
- 37. RESISTORS • color means resistance(value) • talk about it later
- 38. CONDUCTORS • power, components and conductive connections. Wire Alligator clips
- 39. CIRCUIT: POWER + COMPONENT + CONNECTION
- 40. PROTOTYPE YOUR FIRST LED CIRCUIT
- 42. CONDUCTIVE THREAD Pros: • easy to use • multiple functions Cons: • easily get short circuit Tips: • carefully finish • insulation
- 43. CONDUCTIVE FABRICS Pros: • large size • different tools • different textile Cons: • resistance Tips: • iron on / vinyl cut • for making buttons and switches
- 44. CONDUCTIVE FABRIC TAPE • Not copper tape Pros: • longer length • adhesive Cons: • limited width Tips: • use it to run route for LEDs
- 45. CONDUCTIVE RIBBON Pros: • sewing machine • 3 wires • solderable Cons: • not easy to solder • only 3 wires Tips: • make a tube to insulate it
- 46. SEWABLE LEDS
- 48. SEWABLE BUTTONS & SWITCHES
- 50. SEWABLE SENSORS
- 51. MULTIPLE FLORA SENSORS ➤ Accelerometer/Gyroscope ➤ Light ➤ Color ➤ GPS
- 52. NEOPIXELS
- 54. GETTING STARTED WITH SOFT CIRCUITRY SUNDAY, JUNE 18 3-5PM
- 56. PROJECT PROCESS ➤ ideation ➤ research ➤ refine ➤ prototype ➤ production
- 58. IDEATION
- 59. IDEATION
- 60. IDEATION
- 62. LOFI PROTOTYPE • Size? • Look?
- 64. COMPONENT POSITIONING • Enough space? • Comfortable? • Easy to access?
- 65. CIRCUIT PROTOTYPE & MATERIAL TEST • Flora/lilypad: alligator clips
- 66. PRODUCTION ➤ Finalize circuit ➤ Soldering ➤ Sewing
- 67. USEFUL RESOURCES
- 68. TOOLS AND COMPONENTS Adafruit - electronic components and tools (werarable electronics, conductive fabrics and threads) Sparkfun - electronic components (some other components) Tinkersphere - electronics supplies, East Village LittleBits - modular electronics Amazon - electronic tools and crafting tools LessEMF.com - Conductive fabrics
- 69. SEWING AND CRAFTING Mood Fabrics - fashion fabrics, supplies for wearables B&J Fabrics - fabrics, supplies for wearables Spandex World - spandex M&J Trimmings / Pacific Trimmings - buttons, zippers, fasteners… Canal Rubber - Latex, foam Lion Brand Studio - Yarn
- 70. ART SUPPLIES • Blick - art supplies • Utretch - art supplies • New York Central - art supplies • Michael's
- 71. TUTORIALS • https://www.arduino.cc/ • https://learn.sparkfun.com/ • https://learn.adafruit.com/ • http://www.instructables.com/ • http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/ • Google! • Craftsy
- 72. INSPIRATIONS • http://eyeofestival.com/ • http://www.creativeapplications.net/ • http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_us • http://www.wired.com/ • https://www.wareable.com/ • https://www.dezeen.com/tag/wearable-technology/
- 73. STUDIOS • http://www.studio-xo.com/ • http://www.loomia.co/ • https://www.wearablemedia.studio/ • http://wearablex.com/