Disclosed are various embodiments for a smart hub for a smart garment including a mate-able top housing and a bottom housing, the top housing configured for engagement with a controller, the controller comprising automated computing machinery for information processing functions for the smart garment an engagement for mating the top housing and the bottom housing wherein the top housing and the bottom housing form an interior cavity to house a baseboard and a PCB when mated a baseboard within the interior cavity including a pattern of lead paths conforming at least to a portion of the pinout of the PCB a plurality of electrical leads within the one or more of the lead paths providing electrical connectivity from a plurality of terminals of the PCB through the baseboard to the controller when installed and providing structural support to maintain the PCB to the baseboard.
