Summary

This chapter explored the e-textile boards and kits that we can use to get up and running with our wearable circuits. We explored their differences and uses and how you can make decisions about which board will be a perfect fit for your projects. The Gemma M0 board is a great little board to start a project with due to its size and affordability, and the Flora gives us a few more options to add more interactivity to our wearables.

The Circuit Playground range of boards offers huge interaction possibilities in our projects due to their huge feature sets. At the time of writing, there isn’t a more comprehensive board on the market. We also learned about the LilyPad range of components, which allows us to add sewable sensors easily. The pre-programmed boards allow us to create fun circuits that only require sewing. Then, we learned about the LilyPad boards with I/O pins, which can be useful for expanding the projects we create.

We finished by installing the Arduino...