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Conductive Textiles

Dive into the world of conductive textiles with Lynne Bruning and Troy Robert Nachtigall in this workshop sponsored by SparkFun and PlugandWear. Discover the different materials, fibers, and configurations used in creating conductive threads, yarns, and fabrics. Learn how to make a variable resistor, experiment with pressure-sensitive fabrics, and explore textile button sensors. Explore the intersection of electronics and textiles with hands-on projects and innovative aspects.

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Conductive Textiles

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  1. Conductive Textiles • Where Electronics Meet Textiles • Workshop with • Lynne Bruning and • Troy Robert Nachtigall • Sponsored by • Spark Fun and PlugandWear Versione 3.0 - January 2010

  2. Different Materials have different Conductivity

  3. Conductor? NON- CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR INSULATORS SEMI CONDUCTOR SUPER CONDUCTOR

  4. Conductive Yarns

  5. Filament, Spuncoated, and Ply Yarns

  6. MAking Condutive Thread

  7. Mixing Conductive and non-conductive Fibers Current/conductivity in thread depends upon three major factors: 1.Conductive Material Used2.% of Conductive Fibers 3.Longitudinal Configuration & Horizontal Configuration

  8. Conductive Fibers - metals – copper, silver, stainless steel, brass, Monel (Nickel) - metallized fibers - polyamide/silver- carbon

  9. Fiber Horizontal Configurations Natural Dog Bone Triorbial Circular Segmented Hollow Core

  10. Fiber Longitudinal Configurations • Straight • Twisted • Coiled • Crimped

  11. All conductors have resistance • Wearable electronics have more resistance because they are part non condutor. • We can create a variable resistor (or Potentiometer) by attaching a jewelry closure.

  12. Let’s Try it

  13. Let’s Try it

  14. Electricity in simple knitted fabrics

  15. Pressure sensitive fabric • Characteristics • Activation force 3.6 Kg per 50 mm diameter • More then 1.000.000 cycles • For a 15 cm x 20 cm switch resistance when pressed: around 200 Ohm, open circuit when non pressed

  16. Pressure sensitive fabricsInnovative aspects • No need of further production steps • Low cost • Transpiring • Semi-transparent • Flexible • Different activating pressures • Matrix switches • Large area switches (50 cm x 50 cm) • Skin compatible materials

  17. State Change Detection • Load up the sketch/Examples/Digital/StateChangeDetection • This sketch counts how many times a button is pressed

  18. Textile button sensors 2 2 • Two different hookups • Normal Button • Resistor 1 1 2 1

  19. textile perfboard

  20. Velostat

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