Fabricademy: eTextiles + Wearables I

Circuits

SWITCHES

Here is the circuit you need to connect your soft switches. To see more images and videos of them in action, check out this post.

SENSORS

Here is the voltage divider circuit you need to connect your soft sensors. To see more images and videos of them in action, check out this post (this will be continually updated).

Links

MATERIALS

eTextile Summer Camp 2016 Material Library
Kobakant
How to Work with Conductive Fabric by Lara Grant

CONNECTIONS

Connection category from Kobakant
Connector Zine

SENSORS

Curated Collections

eTextile Swatch Exchange
Resistive Sensors with Eeonyx
Textile Sensor Demos for Summer School
School of Wicked Fabrics: Foundation /02

Switches

Momentary
Fabric Button

Toggle
Zipper Slider
Danish Crown Slide Switch

Tilt
Tilt Sensor
Pompom Tilt Sensor

Stroke
Stroke Sensor
Knit Stroke Sensors
Neoprene Stroke Bracelet
Zebra Fabric Stroke Sensor

Sensors

Pressure
Simple Fabric Pressure Sensors
Neoprene Pressure Sensor
Neoprene Pressure Sensor Matrix

Bend
Neoprene Bend Sensor
Bonded Bend Sensor
Sheath Bend Sensor

Potentiometer
Fabric Potentiometer
Crochet Tilt Potentiometer
Embroidered Potentiometer
Tilt Potentiometer

Stretch
Knit Stretch Sensors
Fabric Stretch Sensors
Circular Knit Stretch Sensors

Accelerometer
Knit Accelerometer
Crochet Accelerometer

CODE

Basic

Blink
Button
Reading Sensor Values

Making Your Data More Meaningful

Reading Sensor Values with Mapping
Constrain
Smoothing
Calibration
Calibration with Serial
Calibration with Smoothing

OTHER RESOURCES

LED Sunset Tester (Copper foil traces on Kapton sheet)