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8. Wearables

Research

Creating two actuators swatches designed for the body and a swatch using the ATtiny or other microcontroller with both an input and output designed to be worn on the body.

Lecture notes

-Actuator: a component of a circuit that moves or controls another part based on input.

VISUAL * RGB LEDs * Neopixels * Thermochromic Ink * Fiber optics

SOUND * Textile speakers

MOTION * Shape memory alloys * Flip dots * Vibe motors and Haptics

check out the lecture's video for more information here

THERMOCHROMIC INK

-These inks or pigments change state with the presense of heat

-Pigments can be mixed with different substrates like paint, glue, Polymorph, etc.

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Screen printing preparation

References & Inspiration

moodboard01

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full project here

DESIGN PROCCESS

Another moodboard of amazing artists to get inspired. For the wearables week I was thinking a lot about installations and festival fashion.

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- [slides](http://class.textile-academy.org)

Tools

  • Arduino UNO
  • Arduino IDE

Process and workflow

I used the digital button I made at E-textiles week as a switch for the LED'S

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Code Example

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Use the three backticks to separate code.

``` // 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 } `

Results

I used the 3D printed example from the Computational Coututre week to test the LEDS. I could develop it further into a wearable installation or garment.

LED’S by Regina Chatzivalasi