Button component encasing for wearable technology applications

This paper describes a novel button component encasing for wearable technology applications. The button covers the electronics inside and forms a galvanic contact for communications between the hard electronics and textiles. However, the appearance and usability of the clothing are maintained. A prototype for the encasing has been implemented, in which a temperature sensor is embedded inside the button. The contact between the button and clothing is implemented by sewing with electrically conductive fiber yarn. Prototype tests have shown that the encasing is directly suitable to be used in a range of applications and galvanic connections are possible to implement by sewing with electrically conductive fibers.