Wearables » Week 4: Self Expression Garment

Inspiration

This assignment was a collaboration with Idit Barak. Idit’s blog post describing the project’s inspiration and conceptual development can be found here.

Process

Circuit

Code

The Arduino code running on the Adafruit Flora v3 at the time the assignment was presented can be found in this commit on the project’s GitHub repository.

Bill of Materials

Dress

• flora print fabric
• flora print fabric, chiffon
• jingle bells, red
• embroidered heart, gold

Electronics

Plan A

• 1 x Adafruit Flora v3
• 1 x Adafruit TCA9548A I2C Multiplexer
• 8 x Adafruit DRV2605L Haptic Motor Controller
• 8 x Vibrating Mini Motor Disc
• 1 x Catalex TTP233B Touch Sensor (possibly a knock-off)
• 1 x Adafruit Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 500mAh

Plan A

• 1 x Adafruit Flora v3
• 2 x LilyPad Vibe Board
• 1 x Catalex TTP233B Touch Sensor (possibly a knock-off)
• 1 x Adafruit Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 500mAh

Final Image(s)

Conclusions

My post on the Adafruit Support Forums is here.