Adafruit Wearables

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Introduction

FLORA is Adafruit's wearable electronics platform. It's built around the Arduino Atmega32u4 chip and has built-in USB support.

It is an alternative to the Lilypad

Components of the FLORA system

See also:

Boards

AdaFruit Flora. Source: Flickr of AdaFruit

659 FLORA V3

  • FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible - v3 (as of Aug 2019) is the main board. It it includes a processor, a LED and various connectors. ($ 15)
  • 4.4 grams
  • 4.5 cm diameter (1.75)
  • 7mm thick (0.3")
  • USB support (Micro B cable needed)
  • Battery connector (several battery types are supported, i.e. 3.5v to 16v))
  • 14 connectors / also used for sewing.

Circuit Playground

  • An board that integrates LEDs, made for learning Arduino programming.
  • See below for the Express pack version.
AdaFruit Circuit Playground Express'. Source: Flickr of AdaFruit

Circuit Playground Express ($25)

See Adafruit Circuit Playground Express

Input

Ouptut

Packs

Circuit Playground Express

Playground express are interesting for education since the board can be programmed with MakeCode, JavaScript or CircuitPython. In addition, it can communicate with other boards through the infrared sensor. In addition to the built-in LEDs and sensors, one also can attach external components.

See Adafruit Circuit Playground Express

Sewing / fixing

Other

Links

Bibliography

See also: e-textile

  • Stern, B., & Cooper, T. (2015). Getting started with Adafruit FLORA: making wearables with an Arduino-compatible electronics platform. Maker Media, Inc..