Embroidery on Textiles as a Smart Solution for Wearable Applications

The research was conducted to evaluate the impact of the fabrication parameterssuch as using different types and length stitches of conductive yarns on theperformance of embroidered fibers which could be applied as smart wearableclothes. Nickel Conductive yarn was used, which embroidered in straight andzigzag stitch types with different length of stitch and 1,2 and 3 lines of threads. theobtained resulted, showed that the lowest value of R(Ω) was 1.24 Ω. with straightstitch types with 3 lines of threads with 5mm of stitch length, the number of stitcheslines of thread influences on resistance mean values as 2.721Ω, 2.54Ω and 2.31Ωfor the 1, 2 and 3 lines of threads respectively. Means of R (Ω) were 1.83 , 2.03and 2.80 Ω of the length of stitches 3 mm, 5mm and 7 mm significant respectivelyThe nickel conductive yarn could be embroidered on a prototype T-shirt to be aconnector between the temperature sensor and screen. This embedded system basedon conductive thread could find possible application in medical applications.