5. E-textiles¶
Research¶
My introduction to E-Textiles came during the 2023 preview day to welcome new applicants to apply for Fabriademy. It was my first year as a Chevron Fab Lab manager and I wsa still seeing myself as a creator only within the garment and digital spaces. I was intimidated and decided that it was not the right time for me to explore Fabricademy as I was still adjusting into the role of lab manager which included a lot of training.
At the 2024 Fab Foundation conference in Puebla Mexico I was delighted to attend the 2024 Fabricademy Graduation. It was an amazing event and an extemely inspirational show. I was mesmerized by the artistic expression and dedication to historical storytelling. I felt very connected to my own journey into fashion design as I took in the work of that year's graduates.
In 2025 at the Czechia Fab Conference in the Czech Republic I was finally fortunate to attend a fabricadcemy worksop with my favorite person, my daugher. I was truly changed by this workshop. Years of feeling like fashion and tech was just too far out of my reach felt completely irrelevant as I followed along wtih the instructors. I was shocked to see that the instructors would be the Fabricademy team and was grateful for their kindness and patience.
I honestly spent the Czech Republic workshop and more time afterwards attempting to shoot beyond the stars with the materials provided. It took my instructors during fabricademy 2026 to point out to me a pattern of slowing myself down (from completion of a simple activity) due to over action.
This week was the exact same. I thought I'd go above and beyond by utiliizing the "scraps" from the czech republic in my completion of this week's activity. Unfortunately, that just was not the point of this week. The point this week was to make a circuit that can be read by an analog sensor.
I have added below my first attempt at completing this week's activity, a two led circuit powered by a 3v battery and controlled by the pressure sensor provided in the czech republic. This circuit did not result in a powered LED. I hope to explore this further as we continue exploring wearble technologies.
Below are a few points I used to create my circuit:
References & Inspiration¶
- Left: Insp 1 | Right: Inspo 2
- Image reference
Tools¶
After realizing I did not need to utilize the Fabrixiao this week, I reworked utilizing a few Fab Lab components
- [Arduino UNO](http://class.textile-academy.org)
- [Arduino IDE](http://class.textile-academy.org)
- Battery
- Breadboard
- 3.3v White LEDs
- Flux
- Soldering Iron
- Digital Multimeter
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¶
From Vimeo¶
Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.