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P. SeneviratneBeginning e-Textile Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6261-0_1

1. Getting Started

Pradeeka Seneviratne1 
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Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 

Wearable electronics fall into anything that can be worn on the body. Alternatively, you can refer to them as “wearable technology,” “wearables,” “fashion technology,” “tech togs,” or “fashion electronics.” Wearable electronics accessories can be built with or without using microcontrollers. However, microcontrollers allow wearable electronic accessories to provide a rich set of features to users.

You can wear them by attaching to your clothes, close to the surface of the skin, or on the surface of the skin. They can detect, analyze, and transmit information concerning, ...

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