An Architecture for Electronic Textiles

Mark T Jones; Thomas L. Martin; Braden Sawyer

3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

Research Article

An Architecture for Electronic Textiles

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2967,
    author={Mark T Jones and Thomas L. Martin and Braden Sawyer},
    title={An Architecture for Electronic Textiles},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BODYNETS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={electronic textiles e-textiles},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2967}
}

Mark T Jones
Thomas L. Martin
Braden Sawyer
Year: 2010
An Architecture for Electronic Textiles
BODYNETS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2967

Mark T Jones¹^,*, Thomas L. Martin¹^,*, Braden Sawyer¹^,*

1: ECE, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24060-0111

*Contact email: mtj@vt.edu, tlmartin@vt.edu, bsawyer@vt.edu

Abstract

This paper makes a case for a communication architecture for electronic textiles (e-textiles). The properties and re- quirements of e-textile garments are described and analyzed. Based on these properties, the authors make a case for em- ploying wired, digital communication as the primary on- garment communication network. The implications of this design choice for the hardware architecture for e-textiles are discussed.

Keywords: electronic textiles e-textiles

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.BODYNETS2008.2967