Textile Interfaces
Day 1
E-Textile Tester
First I gathered all the necessary materials: an alligator wire, an LED and the coin holder. I accidentaly used yellow heat shrink tubing thinking that it will match the color of the wire but completely forgot that the LED will be covered... So I had to cut it out and decided to not use heat shrink tube at all (also I couldn’t find a transparent one). But here we go! It works! (update: since I didn’t use heat tube now it’s not working, most probably because the soldering job was not perfect.)
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High Five Gloves
My theme was wine and cheese. I cut a wine glass in half and also added a whole in the cheese to give the feeling. Then I started sewing the conductive thread and connected the coin holder the led and the wine glass. The circuit was not completely (obviously!) since we need another hand to complete it!
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Then, I moved to the cheese felt. No sewing was necessary for this one. I only sewed it so that I can wear it as a glove. (I didn’t have anyone to high-five so had to test it out by myself ︎ )
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Digital Textile Switches
Making a soft button is fun!!! I made the banana and tested it out with the e-textile tester. It didn’t work so I made another one but soon I realized that the circuits were working but my tester was broken. For the banana I used copper tape as my conductive material and some craft foam to keep the tape away from each other. On the other hand the apple had conductive fabric with the advesive side (used the iron) and I used blue neoprene. I didn’t have that much time and since I glued everything together, there’s no documentation of process but the right image shows the conductive materials.
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Analog Textile Switches
The idea was to turn this into a trampoline. When the person jumps here, the LED would emit more light. I used the same technique from the slides: 2 non conductive material (felt), 2 conductive fabric (heat adhesive one) and velostat.
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Day 1 was fun but also exhausting! I learned a lot about conductive materials and it was my first time using conductive thread!!
Day 2
Dance Dance Revolution: Textile Game Controller
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I initially made one digital and one analog sensor. I tried to adjust the code accordingly but the analog sensor kept having problems:(even when I changed the threshold) it kept pressing so I had to disconnect it to save my computer.Thus, to play the game I made another digital sensor. (I didn’t have the exact same size of the material so my button was way smaller then the other one.)
Below, you can see the materials that I used. The left image is the materials I used for the analog sensor: velostat, conductive fabric and felt. The image in the middle is showing additional materials like the glue gun because the conductive fabric was not heat adhesive. I used glue to fix it to the felt. The image on the right shows the designed parts before assembly.
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During playtesting time in class, I tested out my digital sensor. It was working perfectly!! Whenever I click, the serial monitor gets activated. See gif on the right.For the digital sensor I also created a hollow square shape from craft foam. The design choice was to keep the two sides of the fabric apart from each other and elevate them. The interaction was better once I did this because it really felt like I was pressing.
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To match the color, I used blue felt for the second digital button. I used the same process as the purple one: felt - craft foam for elevation - conductive fabric. The purple one is the non heat adhesive one thus I used hot glue but for the small blue one I used heat adhesive conductive fabric so ironed the material.
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E-Textile Tester
First I gathered all the necessary materials: an alligator wire, an LED and the coin holder. I accidentaly used yellow heat shrink tubing thinking that it will match the color of the wire but completely forgot that the LED will be covered... So I had to cut it out and decided to not use heat shrink tube at all (also I couldn’t find a transparent one). But here we go! It works! (update: since I didn’t use heat tube now it’s not working, most probably because the soldering job was not perfect.)
High Five Gloves
My theme was wine and cheese. I cut a wine glass in half and also added a whole in the cheese to give the feeling. Then I started sewing the conductive thread and connected the coin holder the led and the wine glass. The circuit was not completely (obviously!) since we need another hand to complete it!
Then, I moved to the cheese felt. No sewing was necessary for this one. I only sewed it so that I can wear it as a glove. (I didn’t have anyone to high-five so had to test it out by myself ︎ )
Digital Textile Switches
Making a soft button is fun!!! I made the banana and tested it out with the e-textile tester. It didn’t work so I made another one but soon I realized that the circuits were working but my tester was broken. For the banana I used copper tape as my conductive material and some craft foam to keep the tape away from each other. On the other hand the apple had conductive fabric with the advesive side (used the iron) and I used blue neoprene. I didn’t have that much time and since I glued everything together, there’s no documentation of process but the right image shows the conductive materials.
Analog Textile Switches
The idea was to turn this into a trampoline. When the person jumps here, the LED would emit more light. I used the same technique from the slides: 2 non conductive material (felt), 2 conductive fabric (heat adhesive one) and velostat.
Day 1 was fun but also exhausting! I learned a lot about conductive materials and it was my first time using conductive thread!!
Day 2
Dance Dance Revolution: Textile Game Controller
This project is influenced by the famous music video game Dance Dance Revolution. The players should control the arrow up-down or right left with the textile buttons. The thing can be placed on the ground and the players can jump and change feet to press the buttons. - It should be played with the feet but for keeping things clean hands will be used to demonstrate. -
Here’s the youtube video where I played the game with my roommate! It was not easy, we both sucked! Link to video
I initially made one digital and one analog sensor. I tried to adjust the code accordingly but the analog sensor kept having problems:(even when I changed the threshold) it kept pressing so I had to disconnect it to save my computer.Thus, to play the game I made another digital sensor. (I didn’t have the exact same size of the material so my button was way smaller then the other one.)
Below, you can see the materials that I used. The left image is the materials I used for the analog sensor: velostat, conductive fabric and felt. The image in the middle is showing additional materials like the glue gun because the conductive fabric was not heat adhesive. I used glue to fix it to the felt. The image on the right shows the designed parts before assembly.
During playtesting time in class, I tested out my digital sensor. It was working perfectly!! Whenever I click, the serial monitor gets activated. See gif on the right.For the digital sensor I also created a hollow square shape from craft foam. The design choice was to keep the two sides of the fabric apart from each other and elevate them. The interaction was better once I did this because it really felt like I was pressing.
To match the color, I used blue felt for the second digital button. I used the same process as the purple one: felt - craft foam for elevation - conductive fabric. The purple one is the non heat adhesive one thus I used hot glue but for the small blue one I used heat adhesive conductive fabric so ironed the material.
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