Pattern resistors: exploring resistive motifs as components for e-embroidery

Abstract

E-textile practitioners have improvised innovatively with existing off-the shelf electronics to make them textile-compatible. However, there is a need to further the development of soft materials or parts that could replace regular electronics in a circuit. As a starting point, we look at the possibility of creating a repository of specific motifs with different resistance values that can be easily incorporated into e-embroidery projects and used instead of normal resistors. The paper describes our larger objective and gives an overview of the first experiment done to compare the resistance values of a simple pattern embroidered multiple times with conductive yarn to observe its behavior and reliability.