The LilyBLE was designed by Katharina Bredies as combines the a sewable Arduino platform for programming microcontrollers with the new Bluetooth standard 4.0 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). In addition to the LilyBLE module there is also a visual programming environment for the iPad that allows you to connect various sensors and actuators to the i/o pins of the board as well as GUI elements that can be displayed on a BLE iPhon. The programming environment lets you set some simple behaviors, such as “if button pressed on jacket, then play music on phone”, or “if slider moved on phone, dim LED on hat”. The finished program
Based on the hard-PCB LilyBLE module, this version is inteded for embroidery. TiTv Greiz does the embroidery of the circuitry using a computerized embroidery machine and using Elitex conductive thread.
Third Version
Options to have either lashes on LilyBLE, or BLE module longer so that when one folds ontop of the other there is arch to create some space between the modules:
Second Version
First Version
Paper cut-out to try folding mechanism:
TiTv Version
Original and coloured version. Colouring used to make modification of layout more visible.
Embroidery samples from TiTv Greiz
Front with laminate and conductive thread showing on back:
Custom option for Compas Hoodie project
The following circuit is the same as the above, but has been tailored to fit the Wearable M2M NaviHoodie – a hoodie that connects to your smartphone and uses GPS position data to indicate how far you are away from your stated goal through the colour of an LED light mounted on the chest of the jacket, and what direction your goal is in through the vibration of motors mounted around the jacket.
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