DIY Wearable Electronic with Leah Buechley e-textile Kit 1

DIY Wearable Electronic with Leah Buechley e-textile Kit

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Talking about Do-It-Yourself in Wearable Electronics means talking about the work of Leah Buechley. She is the Master of e-textiles and created over the last few years a exiting range of ideas, designs and DIY instructions for e-textiles.

Leah introduced a construction kit for electronic textiles in spring 2006. A set of stitchable controllers, sensors and actuators that enable novices to build their own electronic textiles. The different elements are created by using her fabric PCB technique: microcontrollers, sensors and other devices that are soldered to fabric PCBs. The finished elements can be stitched together with conductive thread into custom Wearable Electronic clothing or other fashion accessories.

E-Textile Kit

 Have a look to the excellent guidelines and explanations Leah is giving on her site to build your first e-textile kit.

E-Textile Kit 2

This spring, she introduces the e-textile construction kit version 2.0 with the words: “There is no reason for fabric circuits to mimic the look of traditional PCBs. My version 2.0 construction kit explores a new aesthetic for electronics.”

We love those two sentences. The first hit the point head on. Instead of squeezing one element – the electronic – onto fabrics, she is combining the best of both worlds into a new element: pure e-textiles.

The second sentence is based on her high level of creativity: creating the circuit around a micro controller in the shape of a flower which can blend seamless into many designs. Of course, this is just one way of integration. Using Leah’s principle, one can design almost everything one can imagine.

E-Textile Kit 3

 Leah makes it very easy for everyone with her highly detailed and simple instructions to create e-textiles. She points out where to find the materials needed and goes up to explaining the Software code for the sample projects. Equipped with her instructions, making e-fashion becomes as simple as sewing a dress or knitting a sweater.

SubType: DIY
Features: Textile Circuit
Technologies: e-Textiles
Tags: DIY Leaders, Textiles

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