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    Content by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
    E-Textile Tailor Shop by KOBAKANT
    The following institutions have funded our research and supported our work:

    Since 2020, Hannah is guest professor of the Spiel&&Objekt Master's program at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin

    From 2013-2015 Mika was a guest professor at the eLab at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee

    From July - December 2013 Hannah was a researcher at the UdK's Design Research Lab

    From 2010-2012 Mika was a guest researcher in the Smart Textiles Design Lab at The Swedish School of Textiles

    From 2009 - 2011 Hannah was a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech research group led by Leah Buechley


    In 2009 Hannah and Mika were both research fellows at the Distance Lab


    Between 2003 - 2009 Hannah and Mika were both students at Interface Cultures
    We support the Open Source Hardware movement. All our own designs published on this website are released under the Free Cultural Works definition
    Example Projects

    ATtiny Snap Diamond

    A breakout board for the ATtiny84. Designed to sit on the back of the hand and interface to 5 textile stretch sensors on three fingers. Reading their analog values and translating them into lighting patterns as well as sending their analog sensor data over serial rx and tx connections.

    Notes for next version:

    Use Packetizer for sending analog values over serial:
    >> https://github.com/i-n-g-o/Packetizer

    // IMPORTANT: To reduce NeoPixel burnout risk, add 1000 uF capacitor across
    // pixel power leads, add 300 – 500 Ohm resistor on first pixel’s data input
    // and minimize distance between Arduino and first pixel. Avoid connecting
    // on a live circuit…if you must, connect GND first.

    Trick: doublesided FR2 circuitboard flip technique

    1) mill top side and drill holes
    2) flip board in bracket (although sometimes the othermill won’t recognise bracket or if you don’t have one….)
    3) set up to drill holes in bottom side. keep hand on pause button. press pause just before it starts rotating. check to see if endmill wants to enter correct hole.
    if yes: press stop. turn off drill holes. turn on mill traes and mill outline. run job.
    if no: press stop. adjust placement of board (x,y). repeat drill holes step until drill wants to enter hole correctly. then procede with “if yes”.
    4) done


    Boards

    Eagle files >> https://github.com/plusea
    DIY VRglove Instructable >>
    Flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157679861886694
    DIY VRglove Flickr group >>

    Othermill cnc mill and Otherplan software >> https://othermachine.co/othermill-pro/
    Reflow oven >> https://www.instructables.com/id/Guide-to-the-T-962A-Reflow-Oven/

    Safety Dataglove Version

    https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial

    Simple Breakout Version

    Re-mapped for sensor order:

    // Thumb = 1
    // Index finger knuckle = 0
    // Index hand knuckle = 3
    // Middle finger knuckle = 4
    // Middle hand knuckle = 5

    ATtiny84 Version

    Top and bottom:

    Circuit layout:

    Schematic:


    Code

    Programming Adafruit Metro

    – download arduino IDE
    – add the Adafruit Board Support package!
    explained here >> https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-arduino-ide-setup/arduino-1-dot-6-x-ide
    – install drivers
    >> http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
    >> http://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers
    – restart arduino
    – select board “Adafruit Metro”
    – select port “/dev/cuSLAB_USBtoUART”
    – upload

    Arduino Code

    /*
    Code for DIY E-Textile VR Glove
    by Rachel Freire, Arty, Hannah

    Reads the values of 5 ananlog stretch sensors on the knuckles of 3 fingers.
    Sends these over the serial port.
    Controls the colour of a neopixel LED according to the incoming values.

    DOCUMENTATION:
    Instructable >>
    Snap diamond >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6703
    */

    #include
    #ifdef __AVR__
    #include
    #endif

    #define PIN 2

    Adafruit_NeoPixel strip = Adafruit_NeoPixel(1, PIN, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
    int sensorValues[] = {0,0,0,0,0};
    byte analogPins[] = {
    A1, A0, A3, A4, A5
    };
    // re-mapped for sensor order:
    // Thumb = 1
    // Index finger knuckle = 0
    // Index hand knuckle = 3
    // Middle finger knuckle = 4
    // Middle hand knuckle = 5

    void setup() {
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { pinMode(analogPins[i], INPUT); } Serial.begin(9600); strip.begin(); strip.show(); // Initialize all pixels to 'off' } void loop() { for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { sensorValues[i] = analogRead(analogPins[i]); Serial.print(sensorValues[i]); if (i < 4) Serial.print(","); } Serial.println(); int redColour = map(sensorValues[1], 240, 250, 0, 255); //thumb int greenColour = map((sensorValues[0] + sensorValues[3]) / 2, 230, 260, 0, 255); //index int blueColour = map((sensorValues[4] + sensorValues[5]) / 2, 250, 300, 0, 255); //middle strip.setPixelColor(0, Wheel((redColour + greenColour + blueColour) / 3)); // edit wheel //strip.setPixelColor(0, strip.Color(redColour, greenColour, blueColour)); // edit RGB strip.show(); // This sends the updated pixel color to the hardware. } // Input a value 0 to 255 to get a color value. // The colours are a transition r - g - b - back to r. uint32_t Wheel(byte WheelPos) { WheelPos = 255 - WheelPos; if(WheelPos < 85) { return strip.Color(255 - WheelPos * 3, 0, WheelPos * 3); } if(WheelPos < 170) { WheelPos -= 85; return strip.Color(0, WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3); } WheelPos -= 170; return strip.Color(WheelPos * 3, 255 - WheelPos * 3, 0); }

    Processing Code

    /*
    Code for DIY E-Textile VR Glove
    by Rachel Freire, Arty, Hannah

    Reads the values of 5 ananlog stretch sensors on the knuckles of 3 fingers.
    Sends these over the serial port.
    Controls the colour of a neopixel LED according to the incoming values.

    DOCUMENTATION:
    Instructable >>
    Snap diamond >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6703

    Based on Serial Graphing Sketch by Tom Igoe
    This sketch takes ASCII values from the serial port at 9600 bps and graphs them.
    The values should be comma-delimited, with a newline at the end of every set of values.
    */

    import processing.serial.*;

    int maxNumberOfSensors = 5; // Arduino has 6 analog inputs, so I chose 6
    boolean fontInitialized = false; // whether the font’s been initialized
    Serial myPort; // The serial port
    float[] previousValue = new float[maxNumberOfSensors]; // array of previous values
    int xpos = 0; // x position of the graph
    int[] mappedValues = new int[maxNumberOfSensors];
    PFont myFont; // font for writing text to the window
    String[] sensorNames = {“Thumb”, “Index_fk”, “Index_hk”, “Middle_fk”, “Middle_hk”};

    void setup () {
    size(800, 600);
    println(Serial.list());
    String portName = Serial.list()[1];
    myPort = new Serial(this, portName, 9600);
    myPort.clear();
    myPort.bufferUntil(‘\n’);
    background(0);
    smooth();

    myFont = createFont(PFont.list()[3], 14);
    textFont(myFont);
    fontInitialized = true;
    // set inital background:
    }

    void draw () {
    for (int i = 0; i < mappedValues.length; i++) { float ypos = map(mappedValues[i], 0, 1023, 0, height/mappedValues.length); float graphBottom = i * height/mappedValues.length; ypos = ypos + graphBottom; noStroke(); fill(0); rect(10, graphBottom+1, 110, 20); fill(255); int textPos = int(graphBottom) + 14; // sometimes serialEvent() can happen before setup() is done. // so you need to make sure the font is initialized before // you text(): if (fontInitialized) { text(sensorNames[i] + ":" + mappedValues[i], 10, textPos); } stroke(127); strokeWeight(1); line(0, graphBottom, width, graphBottom); strokeWeight(5); stroke(64*i, 32*i, 255); line(xpos, previousValue[i], xpos+1, ypos); previousValue[i] = ypos; } if (xpos >= width) {
    xpos = 0;
    background(0);
    } else {
    xpos++;
    }
    }

    void serialEvent (Serial myPort) {
    String inString = myPort.readStringUntil(‘\n’); // get the ASCII string:
    if (inString != null) { // if it’s not empty
    inString = trim(inString); // trim off any whitespace
    int incomingValues[] = int(split(inString, “,”)); // convert to an array of ints
    println(“length: ” + incomingValues.length + ” values.\t”);
    if (incomingValues.length <= maxNumberOfSensors && incomingValues.length > 0) {
    for (int i = 0; i < incomingValues.length; i++) { mappedValues[i] = int(map(incomingValues[i], 200, 500, 0, 1023)); mappedValues[i] = constrain(mappedValues[i], 0, 1023); println("incoming: " + incomingValues[i] + " mapped: " + mappedValues[i]); } } } }



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