Best practices

I hope you’ve had an exciting journey with me from our first steps in learning about electronic circuits to using conductive threads and fabrics and exploring e-textile toolkits. We’ve whizzed by several Arduino systems and explored some of the functions of ESP32-based boards. Throughout all the learning, we also had time for theory, the important consideration of why we want to make wearables, and what was made before us. We looked to a Design Innovation method to help create wearables with purpose. Hopefully, you’re now equipped to bring your wearables to life through recreating that process, from early concept prototyping to making and using your wearable.

This chapter is a place for some of the extras that can help to improve or bring your wearables to the next level or just simplify the process for you – some of which I’ve learned over the years of making and teaching, and all of which I’ve found useful.

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