Appendix: Answers and Additional Information

This chapter has useful links for your wearable practice, as well as lists some of the suppliers that I would recommend. There are also the answers to the review questions that have been asked throughout the book.

In this chapter, we provide information on the following topics:

• Useful links
• Suppliers
• Answers to chapter questions

Useful links

The links are for online services and tools that can help with your wearable designs:

• Resistor Calculator:
• Voltage divider calculator: https://ohmslawcalculator.com/voltage-divider-calculator
• Ohm’s Law calculator: https://ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms-law-calculator
• All about circuits: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/
• Electronics Club: https://electronicsclub.info/
• Maker Pro: https://maker.pro/
• The EasyEDA online PCB design tool: https://easyeda.com/
• Circuito for mapping out your circuit: https://www.circuito.io/
• The Digi-Key Schematics editor: https://www.digikey.co.uk/schemeit/project/
• Tinkercad for circuit design: https://www.tinkercad.com
• Fritzing for creating schematics: www.fritzing.org
• Documentation of your projects, competitions, and sharing: https://www.instructables.com/
• Projects listed daily: https://hackaday.com/
• Projects, documentation, and competitions: https://www.hackster.io/
• Free...

Suppliers

The suppliers listed are suppliers I have personally purchased from in the past and have had good experiences with.

US-based suppliers

There are many suppliers in the US that provide components – however, these are ones that I have experience with:

• https://www.adafruit.com/: Many of the wearable items in this book have come from Adafruit – they have great forums for seeking help and many fun project tutorials. They also have Wearable Wednesday, where you can submit your wearable projects for a chance to be featured.
• https://www.digikey.com/: They are Europe- and UK-based as well.
• https://www.mouser.com/: They are Europe- and UK-based as well.
• https://www.sparkfun.com: The Lilypad suite of wearable items can be purchased here.
• https://www.newark.com/: This is the counterpart to Farnell in the UK and a huge distributor worldwide.

UK- and Europe-based suppliers

These are suppliers I have purchased from in the past and have...

Answers to chapter questions

Throughout the book you have been challenged with review questions – here are answers to the questions.

Chapter 1

1. Sometimes, they are defined by augmenting people in some way, such as memory, communication, or in a physical sense.
2. Typically, wearables have embedded electronics, a power source, and inputs/outputs of some description.
3. Some exciting intersections exist between wearables and science, fashion, medical, and art. Take inspiration from other fields or plan projects with others who are involved in these areas for interesting and inspired results.
4. Informed wearables are wearables that consider and focus on uses that will improve someone’s life or help them in some way. They can be designed with the thoughts and feelings of people to understand an issue better.
5. Wearables can be made for the upper body or lower body and be head-mounted, held, or worn on the wrist.
6. Ethical considerations when designing...

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Suppliers

The suppliers listed are suppliers I have personally purchased from in the past and have had good experiences with.

US-based suppliers

There are many suppliers in the US that provide components – however, these are ones that I have experience with:

• https://www.adafruit.com/: Many of the wearable items in this book have come from Adafruit – they have great forums for seeking help and many fun project tutorials. They also have Wearable Wednesday, where you can submit your wearable projects for a chance to be featured.
• https://www.digikey.com/: They are Europe- and UK-based as well.
• https://www.mouser.com/: They are Europe- and UK-based as well.
• https://www.sparkfun.com: The Lilypad suite of wearable items can be purchased here.
• https://www.newark.com/: This is the counterpart to Farnell in the UK and a huge distributor worldwide.

UK- and Europe-based suppliers

These are suppliers I have purchased from in the past and have...

Answers to chapter questions

Throughout the book you have been challenged with review questions – here are answers to the questions.

Chapter 1

1. Sometimes, they are defined by augmenting people in some way, such as memory, communication, or in a physical sense.
2. Typically, wearables have embedded electronics, a power source, and inputs/outputs of some description.
3. Some exciting intersections exist between wearables and science, fashion, medical, and art. Take inspiration from other fields or plan projects with others who are involved in these areas for interesting and inspired results.
4. Informed wearables are wearables that consider and focus on uses that will improve someone’s life or help them in some way. They can be designed with the thoughts and feelings of people to understand an issue better.
5. Wearables can be made for the upper body or lower body and be head-mounted, held, or worn on the wrist.
6. Ethical considerations when designing...