Chapter 5. Making Electronics Wearable
There are many challenges you don’t anticipate in designing wearable electronics, which is why it is so important to actually wear your prototypes—early and often. In this chapter, I explore what makes something wearable and how to incorporate that into your own designs.
Why Wear It
When embarking on a wearable electronics project, the first and most important question you should ask yourself is this:
“Why does this need to be wearable?”
There are many possible answers to this question, but it’s important that you have at least one in mind. Here are a few:
- You are sensing the body in such a way that the sensor needs to be placed on the body.
- You have a display or feedback mechanism that needs to stay with a ...
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