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Hand Painted Silk Speakers

Hand Painted Silk Speakers

on08 July 2015 / in Blog, eTextile

  In my random supply closet I found some silk hand painted black light reactive discs.     Using glue I attached a coil of conductive thread.     The resistance for this coil is less than 6 ohms.     Then I attached the eTextile speaker to a mini travel speaker circuit and listened to some jams.    

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Wire Options for eTextile Speakers

Wire Options for eTextile Speakers

on07 July 2015 / in Blog, Conductive

  Slinky     Guitar Strings     Magnet Wire    

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The Winning Design

The Winning Design

on03 July 2015 / in Blog, Electronics, Textile

  The best sounding eTextile speaker design has been a coil of conductive thread glued to a silk disc. So far that is….    

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Natural Speakers

Natural Speakers

on02 July 2015 / in Blog, Sewing

  Using conductive thread I stitched a few speaker coils into a plant in my garden. Now I must listen closely……    

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Waxing your Thread

Waxing your Thread

on01 July 2015 / in Blog, How To, Sewing

  I like to wax my threads before I do any hand sewing. This is especially handy with conductive threads which are generally hairy and tangle easily. Taking a few minutes to wax thread is a major time saver!   Purchase a cake of bees wax from your local sewing shop.     Pull the thread thru the bees wax […]

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PIF Hacker Camp!

PIF Hacker Camp!

on29 June 2015 / in Blog, Workshop

  In August I’ll be participating in PIF Hacker Camp! Held the first week of August in Slovenia’s Trenta Valley. Please, fill out the application form and join us!     Dario Cortese Marc Dusseiller Peter Edwards Luka Frelih Marko Peljhan  

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Testing eTextile Speakers

Testing eTextile Speakers

on28 June 2015 / in Blog, Electronics, Textile

  Using my Nexus 5 and a travel speaker circuitboard to test three different eTextile speaker options.    

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Winding Bobbins of Conductive Thread

Winding Bobbins of Conductive Thread

on26 June 2015 / in Blog, Conductive, eTextile, Workshop

  Winding bobbins of Mitsifuju onto sewing machine bobbins for use at PIF Camp in Slovenia.    

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Double Sided Solderable Prototype Stripboard

Double Sided Solderable Prototype Stripboard

on26 June 2015 / in Blog, Electronics

  Solderable breadboard for designing printed circuit boards.      

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Securing the Beaded Speaker

Securing the Beaded Speaker

on25 June 2015 / in Blog, Electronics, eTextile

  I secured the yellow beaded speaker to a piece of white silk organza with Heat Bond. This is an iron adhesive that you can purchase at your local fabric store.      

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