Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ by Leijing Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award لوهه انعام in پراڊڪٽ انجنيئرنگ ۽ ٽيڪنيڪل ڊيزائن Competition Category.
لوههانجنيئرنگ· 2024
Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ
by Leijing Zhou
Client: Zhejiang University
A' Design Award لوهه انعام Winner in انجنيئرنگ Category
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About Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ
اوپن ويئر ھڪ ٽول ڪٽ آھي، جيڪو پائڻ لائق اليڪٽرانڪ پروٽوٽائپس کي جلدي ٺاھڻ لاءِ ٺاھيو ويو آھي. ھن ٽول ڪٽ ۾ ھڪ ترميم ٿيل لِليپيڊ USB ڊولپمينٽ بورڊ، يارنهن نئين ڊزائن ٿيل ماڊيولز ۽ جلدي ڳنڍڻ وارا ڪيبل شامل آھن. ھر ماڊيول ھڪ ان پُٽ يا آئوٽ پُٽ چپ ۽ 3 ملي ميٽر قطر جا ڇھ پن کڻي ھلندو آھي. بورڊز جي پٺئين پاسي 10 ملي ميٽر قطر وارا مقناطيس لڳل آھن، جنھن سببان اھي حصا سبيءَ بجاءِ مقناطيسي پيڊز ذريعي ڪپڙن سان چنبڙي وڃن ٿا. O-ڪنيڪٽرز ۽ بولٽس پنن کي پاڻ ۾ ڳنڍين ٿا. پروٽوٽائپس کي سڌو ڪپڙي تي ٺاھي، پرکي ۽ نئين سر ترتيب ڏئي سگھجي ٿو.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award لوهه انعام
Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ A' Design Award لوهه انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، معزز اعتراف جيڪو انهن سٺين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو جيڪي چڱيءَ طرح ڊزائين ڪيل تخليقن کان متوقع پيشه ورانه ۽ صنعتي گهرجون پوريون ڪن ٿيون. لوهه جا کٽيندڙ پنهنجي خالقن جي وڏي مهارت، اعليٰ ماهري، ماهرانه سمجھ ۽ تخليقي صلاحيت ڏيکارين ٿا. Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پياري تخليق هوندو جيڪو عملي ۽ جدت وارو آهي. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award لوهه انعام کٽيو آهي، صنعت جا بهترين طريقا گڏ ڪري ٿو ۽ علم ۽ صلاحيت سان ڳنڍيل قابل ٽيڪنيڪل خاصيتون رکي ٿو. Openwear پائڻ لائق پروٽوٽائپنگ ٽول ڪٽ جي سنجيدگيءَ ڪري عزت ڪئي وڃي ٿي ۽ اهو زندگيءَ جي معيار ۾ بهتري آڻڻ لاءِ ٺاهيل آهي جيڪا دنيا کي بهتر جڳهه بڻائڻ ۾ مدد ڪري ٿي.
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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