Lighting Accessories for

Clothing

Objectives:

*One Digital clothing with electronic lights. to change the different styles.*Changing the analogue to Digital.*Communicating tool with sick people.

Aesthetic *FunctionalityProblem solving*Durability and strengthComfort Safety*CostInnovative/Referents,

motifsStyle and fashion

Case Study

Ideas

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Lily pad of Leah buechleysh e inven ted th e a rd uin olilyp a d, a so ft m icroco n tro lle r :

*H er tu to rial w ill sh ow h ow to b u ild a sh ir t w ith a fl ow er la pel th at ch an g es co lo r in resp on se to m ovem ent.*Th e secon d w ill sh o w you h o w to b u ild a jacket w ith tu rn sig n als th at lets p eop le k now w h ere you 're h ead ed w h en you 're on your b ike.

http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/build.html

The Basics: Keep your p o w er sup p ly an d L ily P ad m ain b oard as c lo se to each o th er as p ossib le in your d esig n s. If they areto o far ap art,you a re likely to h ave p rob lem s w ith your L ily Pad resettin g o r just n o t w o rkin g at all .W hy? Con d uctive th read h as n on -trivial resistan ce. (Th e 4-p ly silver- coated thread from Sp arkFun th at com es w ith th e L ily P ad star ter kit h as a b out 14 oh m s/ fo o t.) D epen d in g on w hat m od ules you 're usin g in yourcon stru c tion , your L ily P ad can draw up to 50 m illiam p s (m A ) o f cu rren t, o r .05 A m ps.O h m 's law says th at th evo ltag e d rop (th e am ou nt o f vo ltag e th at you lo se) ac ross a con d uctive m ater ial is eq ual to th e resistan ce o fth e con d uctive m aterial tim es th e am ou n t o f current th at is fl ow in g th roug h it. Fo r exam p le, if your L ily P ad isa fo o t aw ay from th e p ow er sup p l y, th e to tal resistan ce o f th e contu c tive m aterial th at attach es your L ily P adto your po w er sup p ly is at least 28 oh m s. (14 O h m s in th e con d uctive th read th at lead s f rom th e n eg ativete rm in al o f th e po w er sup p ly to th e n eg ative p etal on th e L ily Pad an d 14 O h m s in th e con d uctive th read th atties th e p ositi ve te rm in als tog eth er).Th is m ean s w e can exp ect a d rop o f 1 .4 Vo lts (28 O h m s * .05 A m p s) b etw een th e po w ersup p ly an d L ily Pad .W h ile 5 Vo lts is com in g out o f th e po w er sup p l y, th e L ily P ad w ill on ly b e g ettin g3.6 Vo lts (5 Vo lts - 1 .4 Vo lts) . O nce th e vo ltag e at th e L ily P ad drop s b elow ab out 3 .3 Vo lt s, it w ill reset .U nfo rtun a tely, th e p rob lem is a c tually w orse th an it fi rst ap p ears.S ilver th read g rad ually co rro d es over tim e an d its resistan ce g rad ually in c reases as it ag e s.You w an t to p lan fo r th is by keep in g th e resistan ce o f th ese c ruc ialp ow er sup p ly t races as l ow as p ossib le w h en you first con st ruc t your d esig n . Fo r exam p le, if your L ily P ad is on lyg ettin g 3 .6 Vo lts in itiall y, you 're p rob ab ly g o in g to h ave p rob lem s in a few m o nth s.If you a re exp erien c in g th is kin d o f p rob lem (if your L ily P ad is resettin g un exp ected ly) you w an t to eith er d ec rease th e resistan ce o f your t races o r d ec rease th e am ou n t o f curren t your d esig n is d raw in g.To d ec rease th e resistan ceo f your t races, you can stitch o ver existin g t races w ith an o th er l ayer o f con d uctive th read (o r, even a fin e w ire ifyou 're d es pe rate).To d ec rease th e am ou n t o f curren t your d esig n is d raw ing, try n o t to run seve ral th in g s at on ce.Fo r exam p le avo id p ow erin g a tri-co lo r LED an d vib rato r m o to r at th e sam e tim e if you can .

B a t t e r y

D is p la y s a c c o rd in g t o t h e d e s ig n s

a r o u n d p o c k e t

Ergonomic factors

Lines to be applied on patterns

l i g h t s

B a s i c l i n e sL i g h t d i r e c t i o n sE l e c t r i c l i n eS e n s o r sB a t t e r y

T e c h n ic a l a sp e c ts :- p a t t e r n m a k i n g / b a s i c st y l e s- l i g h t i n g* e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c- s a f e t y - s o l a r- c o l o r s - s p e c t r u m- T e m p r a t u r e- R e fl e c t i o n - l i m i ta t i o n- i n n e r p a r t w o u l d b e t i g h t s- A s s e s s o r i e sC h a l le ln g e s :- C o m f o r t , s a f e t y , w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s- A d d a p t a t i o n l ik e c h a m e l o n- v e s t f o r s i c k p e o p l e- m o o d - l i k e a p u l s a t i o n / m o v e m e n t *- D i s c a r d i n g l a u n d r y

Basic body shapes

e.g. Necklines and Outer lines

Color harmony

Color relationships/suptractive