Initially, the conceptual design of uMyo, as a device, was in a simple modular assembly, not only for the user, but also for us. Therefore, I wanted to find existing bracelets - if there are chest belts for pulse trackers, maybe there is something for our case too.

After a long search, it turned out that wrist bracelets for fitness trackers also exist! They are used for a certain category of devices, but the very concept of fastening was also suitable for uMyo. Yet in order to check how well these bracelets actually fit our case, we had to wait for their delivery for about a month ...

Therefore, I made the first prototypes of bracelets from the previous log, for testing and improving the firmware. In any case, the bracelets we were waiting for would be either hit or miss so it couldn't be out only plan.

When we had already forgotten about these bracelets and were thinking about finding a seamstress, we received a notification about the delivery of the package. We had the bracelets and... they exceeded our expectations! Their texture, design, functionality suited us perfectly!

But in order to decide on the right variant, we ordered another batch of different sizes and colors.

After the whole team tried on bracelets for different hand sizes we chose the optimal lengths, and selected colors that suited our PCBs.

In the meantime, the prototype boards of the second version arrived. The black "cocoon" of uMyo's first prototype has turned into a beautiful orange butterfly!

And the first tests of the new board and bracelet can be seen on the video!