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5. E-textiles

Research

E-textiles are textiles integrated with electronic components like sensors, conductive threads, and microcontrollers. They combine traditional fabrics with digital interactivity, allowing the textiles to respond to stimuli like movement, temperature, or pressure. These smart textiles are used in wearables, health monitoring, and interactive fashion, enabling functionalities such as lighting, data collection, and communication. E-textiles use soft, flexible materials like conductive fabrics, avoiding rigid electronics. They provide a platform for innovation across fashion, healthcare, and engineering.

For more details, visit: Electronic Textiles Overview.

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References & Inspiration

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Tools

Process and workflow

My sketches are ...

This schematic 1 was obtained by..

This tutorial 2 was created using..

footnote fabrication files

Fabrication files are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the fabrication files at the bottom of the page and simply link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using [ ^ 1 ] (without spaces, and referenced as you see at the last chapter of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page as you see for footnote nr. 2 also present in the Gallery.

Code Example

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

Video

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Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.

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Fabrication files

  1. File: xxx ↩

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