Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite by Leijing Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Innleadaireachd Thoraidhean agus Dealbhadh Teicnigeach Competition Category.
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Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite
by Leijing Zhou
Client: Zhejiang University
Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Innleadaireachd Category
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The Design
About Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite
Is sraith uirlisí é Openwear chun prótataípí leictreonacha inchaite a thógáil go tapa. Sa sraith uirlisí tá clár forbartha Lilypad USB atá modhnaithe, aon mhodúl déag nuadheartha agus cáblaí naisc thapa. Iompraíonn gach modúl slis ionchuir nó aschuir agus sé phionna de 3 mm ar trastomhas. Tá maignéid de 10 mm ar trastomhas socraithe ar chúl na gclár, sa chaoi go gcoinníonn na páirteanna greim ar éadaí trí phaidí maighnéadacha in ionad fuála. Ceanglaíonn O-nascóirí agus boltaí na pionnaí le chéile. Is féidir prótataípí a thógáil, a thástáil agus a atheagrú go díreach ar éadach.
The Recognition
About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award
Tha Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Openwear Sraith Uirlisí Prótatíopála Inchaite airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Openwear is a toolkit for building rapid wearable prototypes. It includes a modified Lilypad USB development board, 11 newly designed modules, and quick connecting cables. This kit facilitates rapid prototyping by enabling quick attachment and connection and allows users to directly build and test prototypes on the intended substrate like clothes.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Development board size is ϕ50*1mm, module size is ϕ25*1mm.
- Tags
- Hardware, Electronic, Toolkit, Wearable, E-textile
- Production Technology
- For the modules, we have designed 11 different modules with input or output chips contained on each module. Each module has six 3mm diameter pins. For quick fixing, we fixed a 10mm diameter magnet on the bottom of the development board and modules, which works with the magnetic fixing pads to attach to clothes. For quick connects, we used O-connectors and bolts, which work well with the 3mm pin sizes on the PCB.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the whole research was to achieve a rapid fixing and connection of the PCB. We tried a variety of methods including pins, buttons, velcro, and finally we chose to use magnets with O-connectors, which had not been used before.
- Research
- The success of the LilyPad has resulted in the creation of various development boards, such as the more compact TinyLily and the Circuit Playground with many sensors. However, these variations only modify the dimensions or integrate sensors, without modifying the Lilypad's method for constructing wearable circuits. This method presents a challenge in prototyping wearable circuits: sewing processes are time-consuming and set a high threshold for beginners. Furthermore, the troubleshooting process in wearable circuit prototyping often requires resetting and resewing. Once the development board is integrated into the fabric, the complexity of the debugging code also increases proportionally.
- Inspiration
- Common wearable circuits often need to be fixed using sewing, which is very cumbersome. To solve this problem, we took inspiration from magnetic buttons. We have embedded magnets in the back of the PCB to fix it using magnetic force.
- Project Duration
- The project started in August 2023 in Ningbo and finished in January 2024
- Operation Flow
- 1. Building the First Circuit Prototype: Select modules based on design requirements and assemble them on a flat surface for initial circuit testing and debugging. 2. Continuous Testing and Adjustment of the Circuit: Reconfigure module positions on the body for testing purposes. 3. Building the Final Circuit: Sew components directly onto fabric using conductive yarn or utilize sewing magnet fixing pads as an alternative method. This ensures flexibility and ease of removal.
- Team Members
- Leijing Zhou
Xin An
Yiqing Zhang
Yang Mao
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