Eeontex Projects

This post compiles a list of projects for e-textile designs and sensors that make use of the Eeontex range of coated conductive fabrics produced by Eeonyx. Eeontex fabrics are fabrics coated/doped with an inherently conductive polymer, making them conductive with quite a high resistance. But the resistance changes of distance, pressure through the material, and stretch over the material – making them ideal for sensor construction. Velostat is a plastic sheet with similar properties to Eeontex, but because it is plastic it has none of the advantages of a textile. Currently Eeonyx fabrics are not available in small retail quantities, but hopefully this will change!

Samples of simple fabric pressure sensors made by fusing various conductive fabric and Eeontex fabric combinations together:

Eeontex coated fabrics. Non-felted (left) and stretch (right):

PROJECT USING EEONTEX:

Woven Matrix with Pockets

Touchpad Triangulation

Position sensing through triangulation
>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3223
video >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWhcI4FILI

Touchpad Drum

video >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPYyuuL-o7k

Multi-Touchpad

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8FhCbhDZw
video >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8FhCbhDZw
download paper >> http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/system/files/attachments/optreallyfinalnime2011multitouch.pdf

Woven Touchpad

>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=4296

Quick Touchpad

JoySlippers

>> http://joyslippers.plusea.at/

Bend Sensor

Eeontex can be used in place of Velostat
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Neoprene-Bend-Sensor-IMPROVED/

2 Comments so far

Brad on September 26th, 2013

Have you tried to connect Eeonyx with SparkFun, Adafruit or LessEMF? It seems like it would be pretty easy for one of them to buy 100ft, cut and package to sell to Makers. Someone like you might need to guide them to the best Eeontex to use.
Introduction to eTextile – eLab on May 27th, 2015

[…] Resistive carbon coated fabric Eeonyx NW-SLPA 20k, MA-3-12 Company: Eeonyx Characteristics: Resistive material (20k), non woven, can be used to make pressure or bend sensor example: Pressure sensor http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=4619 […]

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Eeontex Projects

PROJECT USING EEONTEX:

rSkin

Manipulation with Whole-Arm Tactile Sensing

The Gloves Project

Sensitive Fingertips

Time Sensing Bracelet

Puppeteer

Stretch Sensors

Inclinometer

Machine Felted Tilt Sensor