Wearable Electronics

What is wearable

technology?

Getting To Know Some

Terminology

Wearable computing

refers to a small computer that can be either worn on the body—inside or placedonto clothing.

Hapticsrefers more to the communication between the wearer of a garment and the actual garment.

Smart Materials

Smart materials have one or more properties that can change its state using external stimuli like stress, electricity, moisture, magnetic fields, and more. However, the term “smart materials” is also used to refer to materials combined with electronics.

E-textileElectronic textiles are also known as smart textiles . “Smart” refers to the fact that these materials have more than one state that they can switch between.

DIYDIY is short for do-it-yourself. It is even considered a subculture. It simply refers to the act of creating something by yourself.

Tools

Tools:•Sewing Kit (Needles, Threads, Scissors, etc.)•Arduino (Arduino UNO, Arduino Nano, Arduino Pro Mini, Arduino Lilypad, Arduino GEMMA, Adafruit GEMMA, Adafruit FLORA)•Breadboard•Conductive Thread•E-textiles

Arduino Nano

Arduino Micro

Installing Software: Adafruit FLORA•Head over to https://

learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-ide-setup/arduino-1-dot-6-x-ide and download the preconfigure IDE for your operating system

Testing Installation: Blink

Let’s test our installation!

Hands on! LED Bracelet