Understanding and Building Electronic Sewable Circuits

Now that we have looked at the history, current work, and ethics of making and testing wearables, it’s time to jump into the electricity basics. Understanding and making electronic circuits is important for your wearable journey. We will work through the principles of electricity. Recognizing the principles will help you to follow along with the activities in this book, and it will also help you to plan and make your own wearables.

In this chapter, you will learn the first steps of understanding electricity and then using switches in a circuit. Once the basics have been covered, you will build electronic circuits with Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). This foundation will set you up with the nuts and bolts of your new skills so that you can apply them to a sewable circuit. Also, we will learn how to use a multimeter and why this is an important tool when working with electricity.

By the end of this chapter, we will get...