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Beginning e-Textile Development: Prototyping e-Textiles with Wearic Smart Textiles Kit and the BBC micro:bit
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Beginning e-Textile Development: Prototyping e-Textiles with Wearic Smart Textiles Kit and the BBC micro:bit

by Pradeeka Seneviratne
November 2020
Beginner to intermediate
245 pages
4h 18m
English
Apress
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P. SeneviratneBeginning e-Textile Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6261-0_2

2. Working with LEDs

Pradeeka Seneviratne1 
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Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 

LEDs are widely used in the trendy fashion industry to make amazing glowing garments. However, they appear mostly in high-tech fashion shows and luxury events. These LED garments are highly expensive, but if you know the engineering behind them, you can make one for just a few dollars.

These LED sequins can be used not to just glow your garments with different lighting effects. You can also use them as indicators to indicate proximities, wireless connection statuses (Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa, etc.), a different type of mood (happy, sad, etc.), and thresholds, to visualize ...

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