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We have 6 Ultimaker 3D Printers, and 1 Trotec Laser Cutter available for use by inducted students, 5 Bambu H2D Pro 3D printers for inducted and experienced students. To have access to the Machines, you must have: Completed the specific induction on ORB - 3D Pr...
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MPR121 Capacitive Touch Sensors
The MPR121 is a capacitive touch sensors that connects easily to Arduino using I2C. This specfic board has 12 channels that can each individually detect touch. It uses capacitive sensing which is able to detect contact with anything conductive (including human...
Example Projects
CCI Students
Outcome: The Feeled - Magalie Bommer and Ivy Langley This award winning (!) project, based on the UKs transformer network and solar storms, used both conductive and UV reactive thread alongside an MPR121 capacitive touch sensor and UV LEDs to reveal hidden d...
Other Artists
The Embroided Computer - Irene Posch The Embroidered Computer is an exploration into using historic gold embroidery materials and knowledge to craft a programmable 8 bit computer. Solely built from a variety of metal threads, magnetic, glas and metal beads, a...
Materials
In the eTextiles Lab we have a range of different materials, both conductive and non-conductive, that can be used when creating projects. For testing and small projects, help yourself to things readily available in the lab. However, if you are wanting to use l...
Metal to Fabric Connections
A big challenge with integrating electronics into textiles is making a good and durable connection between a metal wire/component and the conductive yarn/thread. Below are a few examples of how this can be done. You can find even more examples here. JST cri...
Crimping: How To Make Custom Cables
What the heck is crimping? Cable crimping is the process of mechanically terminating a wire. It is not the same as soldering or soldered connectors as it uses only pressure to create the connection. In most cases a special tool will be used to compress a metal...
Fair Isle
Fair Isle is a knitting style used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is traditionally a hand knitting technique but can be done using a knitting machine as well. Though colloquially this technique is known as 'FairIsle', technically it is called 'st...