Surely a button
Is self-explanatory
And yet causes stress
(haiku from Kate Fletcher’s Craft of Use, p20)
This post covers a few different ways you can construct your own electrical “pushbutton” or embed a ready-made mechanical pushbutton (also known as momentary switch) into a textile button. What is nice about the mecanical mechanism is that it provides a haptic (and also sonic) feedback to let you know that the contact was made. In future versions of this design, I would like to find a way to construct the mechanical haptic feedback myself.
There is also another post covering how to make Pressure Sensor Buttons >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=7334
This design was first developed for Wim’s Storytelling Vest, a commission to the KOBA e-textile tailor shop.
Button variations:
E-Textile Button Button
E-Textile Skin-Resistance Button
Mechanical Switch Button
Mechanical Switch PCB Button
E-Textile Button Button
E-Textile Skin-Resistance Button
Mechanical Switch Textile Button
Wrap copper tape around the holes:
Solder tiny mechanical button to copper tape strips:
Sew button on fabric with conductive thread:
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