5. E-textiles: You push all the right buttons¶

Super kids!

Foiled Again! Fun with foil¶

Ideas and Inspiration¶

Light up shoes for grown ups- why should kids have all of the fun?.
Singing Bag
Piano Wall
Painted circuit wall a la media lab
Super hero masks
Painted circuit books
Stained glass circuit

Useful links¶

Starting With Arduino¶

I ordered an Arduino Uno Starter kit, a multimeter and the Starter Learning kit for Lilypad on Amazon

I downloaded the Arduino software to my PC and ran the blink sketch. I changed the delay from 1000 to 100 to see how the rate changed

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
}

First Circuit¶

I followed the step by Step instructions to create the first circuit with Arduino.

Prototyping a soft sensor with arduino¶

Playing with the Lilypad¶

Lessons Learned¶

This week I was sick so I lost a lot of valuable time lying in bed feeling lousy. I will update the page as I feel better!

Still to Do¶

Everything! add is it conductive? video

Research¶

add more here

The assignment¶

Build at least one digital and one analog 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

Last update: October 27, 2020