{"id":11438,"date":"2015-04-20T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T02:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=11438"},"modified":"2015-04-24T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T06:59:07","slug":"pebble-power-up-guide-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/20\/pebble-power-up-guide-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Pebble power up guide 4th – iteration 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may heard form follows function<\/a>\u00a0before, we followed the rule designing our xadow wearable kit for pebble.<\/p>\n

Xadow system is highly modular designed to be separated into different pieces. Every of them comes with the same size and form factor. \u00a0Every chips works as an standalone function.<\/p>\n

In previous posts we have 3 design roadmap including:<\/p>\n

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  1. #Pebble power up guide 1st \u2013 the conceptual design<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. #Pebble power up guide 2nd \u2013 the initial design<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. #Pebble power up guide 3rd \u2013 an attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    During every iteration we add more details to this project.<\/p>\n

    Here’s what we created\u00a0recently, becoming one option for the solution.<\/p>\n

    \"pebble_xadow04\"<\/p>\n

    Referred to the “form follows function, what is our design guide line? And what is the form and the function? Here’s a rough one what you should think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    user experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    form<\/td>\nfunction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    basic enclusure<\/td>\nadd delete xadow module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    stability<\/td>\nadd delete xadow module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    size(length, thickness, radian)<\/td>\ncomfortable to wear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    appearance(color, texture)<\/td>\ncomfortable to wear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    h-shaped connection joint<\/td>\nadd delete xadow module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    recharge module<\/td>\nease of use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    \"pebble_xadow10\"<\/p>\n

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    Besides the rough description, there are more detailed highlights\u00a0for each picture.<\/p>\n

    highlight 1<\/h4>\n

    \"pebble_xadow08\"\"pebble_xadow07\"<\/p>\n

    As slim as possible. Between each module we use FPC as the connector, it’s slim and robust enough.<\/p>\n

    highlight 2<\/h4>\n

    \"pebble_xadow05\" \"pebble_xadow12\"<\/p>\n

    We designed the h-bridge between each of the enclosure, which enable the FPC through it, the h-bridge itself\u00a0projects the line in it. What a simple and cost effective solution!<\/p>\n

    highlight 3<\/h4>\n

    \"pebble_xadow11\"<\/p>\n

    There will be a back cover acts as an adaption structure, providing charging and connector between and data connection with xadow.<\/p>\n

    highlight 4<\/h4>\n

    \"pebble_xadow09\"<\/p>\n

    In the end, the\u00a0cuttable strap!<\/p>\n

    During the painful iteration 1, we created the framework which doesn’t work but make sense. We will about to make some changes and build our real prototype that works.<\/p>\n

    Power up your pebble with us, join the topic and share your ideas with #PebblePowerUP:<\/p>\n

    #PebblePowerUP Tweets<\/a>
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