Purpose – Flexible light-emitting textile display is designed with floats for electronic elements covering and electronic contacts insulation what at the same time provides an opportunity to develop aesthetic design of the display in the single piece construction of material. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Display consists of interwoven electrically conductive yarns, non-conductive yarns and SMD LEDs connected to conductive yarns. Industrial jacquard weaving machine have been used, weave patterns were designed in PC-Edit software. Findings – Weave can be used as a tool to build and evolve electrotextile. Exploring weaving techniques and perceiving electronic circuit as a weave pattern, new approaches can be developed in electrotextile design field. Research limitations/implications – Connections of electronic elements and conductive textile materials still is actual problem what should be explored in further research. Practical implications – Flexible light emitting textile display can be used as output interface integrated into communication clothing by representing different animated images directly on clothing. Display also can be used for accessories, room and auto interior etc. applications. Originality/value – Paper describes method of light source integration directly into textile structure, combining functional and visual design of textile display.
During research, insulation of textile circuits was investigated using three different silicon materials and one polyurethane film. For the test samples textile circuits with sewn/woven conductive yarns and attached light emitting diodes (LEDs) were used. Electrical properties were evaluated by measuring the emitted light intensity and electrical resistance before and after insulation and after washing. The given methods can further be used for insulation of other electronic components or circuits on textile, which can contribute to the development and improvement of smart textile/clothing technology.
To improve comfort conditions of the enuresis alarm system, modular humidity sensor should be replaced by textile sensor. During research woven textile moisture sensor was developed and first experiments of signal detection speed were performed. Washed and unwashed samples were tested from both sides of sensor. Measurements of electrical signals were performed with oscilloscope. It is important to know what the actual resistance of a wet sensor is in order to design a proper electrical circuit that controls the state of the sensor. Acquired values of electrical resistance will be used in further sensor circuit design for developing enuresis alarm system prototype. During the design of moisture sensor it is necessary to take into consideration position of electrodes depending on sensor’s configuration and characteristics of textile wettability and moisture management.
Abstract. Electrotextiles represent a huge potential in creating a new generation of flexible textile platforms for electronic systems and smart garments. In this research of electrotextile fabrication weaving method was used. Fully or partly replacing traditional (non-conductive) textile yarns with conductive textile yarns, it is possible to get woven conductive textile material or fabric circuit. In the paper weaving method is considered for electro textile design and process of flexible textile light-emitting display fabrication is described. Fabric with interwoven conductive yarns to which light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were attached was designed. This technology is not only limited to light illuminated displays but can also be used to build other smart textile constructions like sensors, conductive textile traces etc.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.