Demonstration of FlexBoard: A Flexible Breadboard Platform for Interaction Prototyping on Curved and Deformable Objects
Donghyeon Ko, Yoonji Kim, Junyi Zhu, Michael Wessely, Stefanie Mueller · 2023
We demonstrate FlexBoard, a flexible breadboard that enables interaction prototyping with electronic components such as sensors, actuators, and displays on curved and deformable objects. We show how FlexBoard offers flexible and bidirectional bending capabilities to conform to different shapes and materials, including the rapid prototyping capabilities of the traditional breadboard. FlexBoard’s bendability is enabled by providing a flexible living hinge instead of the rigid body of a traditional breadboard. FlexBoard holds the metal strips as the traditional breadboard, which can maintain the standard pin spacing for compatibility. In addition, FlexBoards are shape-customizable. Users can cut Flexboard to a specific length and join them together to cover various ranges of prototyping areas. We present the way of fabricating FlexBoard and three application scenarios with interactive textiles, curved tangible user interfaces, and VR devices.