Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett by Leijing Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award í járni in Vöruverkfræði og tæknileg hönnun Competition Category.
JárnVerkfræði· 2024
Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett
by Leijing Zhou
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award í járni Winner in Verkfræði Category
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The Design
About Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett
Openwear er verkfærasett til að byggja klæðanlegar rafeindafrumgerðir hratt. Settið samanstendur af breyttu Lilypad USB þróunarborði, ellefu nýhönnuðum einingum og hraðtengisnúrum. Hver einining ber inntaks- eða úttaksflögu og sex 3 mm þykka pinna. Seglar með 10 mm þvermál eru festir á bakhlið borðanna, þannig að hlutirnir festast við klæðnað með seglapúðum í stað þess að vera saumaðir á. O-tengi og boltar tengja pinnana saman. Frumgerðir má byggja, prófa og endurraða beint á efninu.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í járni
Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett vann A' Design Award í járni, virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er góðum hönnunarverkum sem uppfylla þær faglegu og iðnaðarlegu kröfur sem gerðar eru til vel hannaðra sköpunarverka. Sigurvegarar í járni sýna mikla færni, mikla sérhæfingu, sérfræðiskilning og skapandi getu höfunda sinna. Þess er vænst að Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett sé mjög metið, dáð og elskað sköpunarverk sem er hagnýtt og nýstárlegt. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í járni sameinar bestu starfsvenjur greinarinnar og hefur hæfa tæknilega eiginleika tengda þekkingu og hæfileikum. Openwear Klæðanlegt frumgerðarsett er virt fyrir nákvæmni sína og er hannað til að veita lífsgæðabætur sem hjálpa til við að gera heiminn að betri stað.
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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