Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices

Shahidi, AM ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-3122, Marasinghe, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9050-5261, Ebrahimi, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2088-6857, Oliveira, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-3534, Perera, N, Briggs-Goode, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-1009, Dias, T and Hughes-Riley, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-430X, 2025. Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices. The Design Journal. ISSN 1460-6925

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Abstract

Textiles with embedded sensing capabilities can be an ideal solution for many health monitoring applications as textiles are comfortable to wear close to the skin. Various integration techniques have been explored over the years to create textiles and garments with electronic functionality. One method is to embed electronics within the core of a yarn that is then used to produce textiles. The method discussed in this work accomplishes this by soldering a component onto conductive wires, encapsulating them within a discrete resin pod, and then covering the wires and component in a fibre sheath. This electronic yarn can be incorporated into textiles to produce wearable garments. This technology has already been used to create a variety of textiles with different functions. The literature has shown limitations with the existing electronic yarn design, and this work discusses how these limitations can be overcome.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	The Design Journal
Creators:	Shahidi, A.M., Marasinghe, K., Ebrahimi, P., Oliveira, C., Perera, N., Briggs-Goode, A., Dias, T. and Hughes-Riley, T.
Publisher:	Routledge
Date:	23 February 2025
ISSN:	1460-6925
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/14606925.2025.2468330 DOI 2384304 Other
Rights:	© 2025 Nottingham Trent University. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	24 Feb 2025 16:52
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2025 16:53
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53127

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