Make · Wearable Electronics by Hartman, Kate -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Make: Wearable Electronics Dedication Preface

About The Book Who This Book Is For What You Need to Know How This Book Is Organized About the Title About Experiments and Projects About the Examples About Part Numbers What Was Left Out Experiment: Imagined Wearable Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Circuits

Circuit Basics

Ohm’s Law Understanding Resistors Series and Parallel Determining Polarity Using a Multimeter

Continuity Resistance Voltage Current

More About Circuits

Constructing Circuits

Alligator Clip Circuit Wire Circuit Breadboard Circuit Protoboard Circuit Conductive Thread Circuit Conductive Fabric Circuit Advantages and Disadvantages

Conclusion

2. Conductive Materials

Conventional Conductors

Alligator Clips Wire

Solid core wire Stranded wire Grouped wire

Breadboards Protoboard

Conductive Thread

Properties of Conductive Thread Working with Conductive Thread Types of Conductive Thread

Conductive Fabric

Properties of Conductive Fabric Working with Conductive Fabric Types of Conductive Fabrics

Other Conductive Materials

Conductive Yarn Conductive Fiber Conductive Felt Conductive Ribbon Conductive Fabric Tape Conductive Hook and Loop Conductive Paint Everyday Stuff

Choosing Conductive Materials Experiment: Wearable Circuits What’s Next

3. Switches

Understanding Switches

Poles and Throws Types of Switches

Off-the-Shelf Switches

Tactile Buttons Latching Buttons Toggle Switches Slide Switches Microswitches Tilt Switches

DIY Switches

Sandwich Switch Contact Switch Bridge Switch Pinch Switch Other DIY Switches

Experiment: Social Switches Conclusion

4. E-Textile Toolkits

LilyPad

Modules Experiment: Let’s Get Twinkly Experiment: Let’s Get Tiny

Flora

Modules

Aniomagic

Modules Experiment: Let’s Get Sparkly

Thinking Beyond

5. Making Electronics Wearable

Why Wear It What Makes Something Wearable

Comfort

Size, weight, and shape Placement

Durability

Strain relief Insulation Modularity Protection

Usability Aesthetics

Designing a Wearable

Choosing a Form

Hacking wearables Making wearables

Choosing Materials Choosing Components Creating a Layout Iterative Design

Experiment: Eight-Hour Wearable

6. Microcontrollers

Hardware Software Hello World

Experiment: Gettin’ Blinky

Digital Output

The Circuit The Code Power Experiment: Morse Code Messages

Digital Input

The Circuit The Code Experiment: Button as Controller

Analog Input

The Circuit The Code Experiment: Sensor as a Switch

Analog Output

The Circuit The Code Experiment: Sensitive System

What’s Next

7. Sensors

Working with Sensors

Getting to Know Your Sensor Voltage Divider Circuit Communicating with I2C

Working with Sensor Data

Thresholds Mapping Calibration Constraining Smoothing Experiment: Wooo! Shirt

What to Sense

Flex Force Stretch Movement, Orientation, and Location Heart Rate and Beyond Proximity Light Color Sound Temperature DIY Sensors Experiment: Body Listening

Other Sensors

8. Actuators

Light

Basic LEDs Addressable LEDs

One NeoPixel example Multiple pixel example

Fiber Optics Electroluminescent Materials Experiment: Be Safe, Be Seen

Sound

Buzzers

Simple circuit Buzzer with microcontroller

Tones

Circuit Code

Audio Files Experiment: Wearable Instrument

Motion

Vibrating Motors Servo Motors Gearhead Motors Experiment: Shake, Spin, or Shimmy

Temperature

Fans Heat Experiment: It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here

Conclusion

9. Wireless

Bluetooth

Experiment: Communicating with Bluetooth

Prepare the LilyPad Simple Power board Solder headers to the Bluetooth Mate Program the LilyPad Prepairing to pair Pairing on a Mac Pairing on a Windows machine Sending light sensor data

Hello XBees

Configuring XBees

Configure XBee “A” Configure XBee “B” Experiment: Chat Test

Experiment: XBee and Arduino

Solder FTDI headers Connect the Light Sensor Program the Arduino Prepare the circuit Prepare XBee “B” Connect

Experiment: XBee Direct Mode

Configure the XBees Circuit Connect Troubleshooting

Other Wireless Options Thinking Beyond

A. Tools

Electronics

Soldering Iron Safety Glasses Desoldering Tools Helping Hands Wire Strippers Flat-Nosed Pliers Small Snips Multimeter Heat Gun Screwdrivers Compartment Boxes

Sewing

Needles Needle Threader Seam Ripper Pins Scissors Iron Measuring Tools Thread and Fabric Embroidery Hoops

Documentation

Camera Tripod

B. Batteries

Types of Batteries Battery Holders and Connectors Factors to Consider

C. Resources

Where to Shop For Your Bookshelf For Your Bookmarks Where to Learn

D. Other Neat Things

Materials

Reflective Materials Glow-in-the-Dark Materials Shape Memory Materials Thermochromic Pigments Moldable Materials

Rapid Prototyping Techniques

Digital Fabric Printing Lasercutting 3D Printing Printed Circuit Board

E. Microcontroller Options

LilyPad Sewable Microcontrollers

LilyPad Arduino 328 LilyPad Arduino Simple Board LilyPad Arduino SimpleSnap LilyPad Arduino USB

Adafruit Sewable Microcontrollers

Flora Main Board Gemma

Other Microcontrollers

Arduino Uno Arduino Micro Arduino FIO

Index About the Author Colophon Copyright

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