January 2004
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
13h 33m
English
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14. How to Build a
Wearable Computer
Cost
Time
Difficulty
$100–2000
several weeks
very difficult
The prescience of Moore’s Law continues as we see the delivery of more
and more computer power in smaller and smaller packages. What does this
mean? For one thing, building a computer that you can wear has become
very feasible.
In this chapter I will outline the components and subsystems you need to
build your own wearable PC, and then describe a typical system that you
might build. There are a number of companies that make commercial wear-
able PC systems, but these can cost many thousands of dollars. You’ll be
able to build your own wearable computer for much less.
This project can take anywhere from a few weekends to many months to
complete, depending on the parts you choose and the overall complexity of
the system.
I’d like to thank Cliff Leong (http://www.zerospin.com) for inspiring parts
of this chapter.
Credits
Figure 14-0 copyright © 2003 Cliff Leong.
Figure 14-2a, 14-2b copyright © 2002 Io
Display Systems. Figure 14-3a, 14-3b copyright
© 2003 MicroOptical Corp. Figure 14-4 copy-
right © 2003 TekGear Inc. Figure 14-11 copy-
right © 2003 Cliff Leong. Figure 14-13, 14-14
copyright © 2003 Matias Corporation. Figure
14-15 copyright © 2003 Belkin Corporation.
Figure 14-20 copyright © 2003 Biocontrol
Systems.
What You Need
• A low-power CPU board
• A portable display
• A wearable ...
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