This jacket was made at the 2nd TrafoPop Build Your Own LED Jacket workshop in Berlin, Germany.

Thanks to Thomas Gnahm and Stafan Hintz for a wonderful workshop!

A strip of 20 addressable RGB LEDs is integrated into the back of a jean jacket. A softpot mounted on the left chest becomes the interface for turning on and off the circularly arranged LEDs on the back. Two LEDs on the front blink alternately to indicate turning motion to wearer.

Materials:

Electronics
– LED chain >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11020
– Arduino pro mini (5V/16Mhz) >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11113
– Arduino code for this example >> https://github.com/plusea/CODE/tree/master/PROJECT%20CODE/TrafoPop%20Workshop
– Softpot >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8678
– JST socket >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8613
– Slider switch >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9609
– LiPo Battery (850mAh) >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/341
– Optional: LiPo Charger >> https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10401

Fabrics
– Jean jacket
– Iron-on fusible with gold foil
– Leather (lasercut and sewn on)
– Iron-on plastic film to LED fixing

Photos:

Front and back:

Softpot and lights on front pocket:

Insides:

Prototyping and interacting with softpot scroll-wheel:

Video:

Links:

TrafoPop code repository >> https://github.com/Stefan-Hintz/trafopop
Softpot tutorial >> http://bildr.org/2012/11/touch-sliders-with-a-softpot-arduino/
Flickr photos >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/sets/72157637300354054/