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Unpacking the Brother ScanNCut

Unpacking the Brother ScanNCut

on14 September 2015 / in Blog, Reviews, Tools

  Brother ScanNCut CM600 straight out of the box with power adapter, blade holder, stylus and removal tool.     Opening the carriage.     Instruction booklet for Quilting techniques in multiple languages.     Touchscreen menu to select language preferences.       Touchscreen menu display for selecting the print/cut area. Use the stylus to designate area by dragging […]

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Test  Alligator Clips for Continuity

Test Alligator Clips for Continuity

on11 September 2015 / in Uncategorized

  Always test your tools for continuity before placing them in your tool box. A faulty tool will lead to time wasted with your prototyping.   To test your tools – Set your multimeter to the audible continuity setting and touch both ends of your alligator clips and jumper wires.    

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Electronic Pincushion

Electronic Pincushion

on26 August 2015 / in Electronics

  I keep my workbench organized by using a 800 pin breadboard as my electronic pin cushion. Electronics never looked so good.        

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Conductive Thread Tangles

Conductive Thread Tangles

on24 August 2015 / in Blog, How To, Textile

  Wax your conductive thread with bees wax and then place it between two pieces of paper and apply heat to seal the wax to the thread.This will prevent the thread from tangling and make your sewing easy.    

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Bare Conductive Paint Cracks with Age

Bare Conductive Paint Cracks with Age

on10 August 2015 / in Blog, Paper Computing

  Bare Conductive Paint cracks with with age causing it to become inconsistent in transmitting electrical currant.    

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Ooops! I’m sewing a trace and I’ve run out of thread!!!

Ooops! I’m sewing a trace and I’ve run out of thread!!!

on05 August 2015 / in Blog, eTextile

  First – take a deep breath and drink some water. Sewing while stressed out is no fun!   Second – tie some more conductive thread to the trace with a snug knot. Rethread your needle. Keep on sewing!.     Electrons don’t care about a knot. Nope… they just keep running down the trace!  

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Statex / Shieldex Conductive Thread Sampler Pack

Statex / Shieldex Conductive Thread Sampler Pack

on04 August 2015 / in Blog, Conductive

  Statex generously sponsored the eTextile Lounge at Ljudmila’s PIF Summer Hacker Camp in Slovenia’s Trenta Valley where we will be converting traditional PCBs and sensors into soft circuits.   Samples of all of their conductive threads.     33/10 dtex Z-turns     44/12 dtex Zturns     22/1 dtex + 113/32 dtex PES     117/17 dtex 2 […]

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Making Circuit Samples with the Brother CutNScan

Making Circuit Samples with the Brother CutNScan

on02 August 2015 / in Blog, Supplier, Tools

  First I draw my circuit with pen and paper.     Scan it into the Brother ScanNCut using Scan to Cut Data.     Leave it in place on the cutting mat.     Using the ScanNCut pen attachment draw the circuit on the same piece of paper and check for accuracy against your original image.     I […]

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Using the Brother ScanNCut to Cut Conductive Fabric Circuits

Using the Brother ScanNCut to Cut Conductive Fabric Circuits

on31 July 2015 / in Blog, How To, Tools

  Brother ScanNCut was a very generous sponsor for Ljudmila’s PIF Hacker Camp by sending two ScanNCut machines for our use!   While at Ljudmila I began by testing the machine with a simple LED circuit. Using a black sharpie I drew the positive and negative conductive traces, scanned this image into the machine, and after the U-shaped piece was […]

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Programming ATtiny45s for PIF

Programming ATtiny45s for PIF

on30 July 2015 / in Blog, Electronics, Hardware, How To, Workshop

  Traveling is never dull as a I wake at dawn to program ATtiny45 microcontrollers for next weeks hackers at Ljudmila PIF Camp in Trenta, Slovenia.   Luckily I have my own tutorial on using Arduino as ISP and fresh coffee!    

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