Holiday or no holiday the workbench keeps on prototyping!    

  Way back in 2011 I used CUPro conductive paint to test different application methods for circuit boards and LEDs. Thanks to my impeccable filing system I just found the sample papers and the paint.     GOOD NEWS – the paint is still is working as a conductive trace! In fact even after three years the resistance remains the […]

  A no-sew conductive trace can be assembled by using Flat Flexible Connectors (FFC) and a conductive ribbon. Simple. Durable. Cost effective.   This conductive ribbon is from Fabrick in 100+ yard orders and has three conductive traces woven into the ribbon.   The FFC is available from DigiKey: Male 609-2178-ND Female 609-2160-ND   Please note that in this example […]

  I use 3V coin cell batteries in many of my eTextile and paper computing projects. They’re small, easy to use, and effectively power multiple LEDs. In general the negative terminal is the underside, unmarked, and has a dotted textured surface. While the positive side will be marked with a + symbol. These CR2032, as with the design of most […]

New video on The eTextile Lounge youTube channel!. You can also watch this on the eTextile Lounge youTube channel. Arduino Code can be uploaded to ATtiny45 using the Arduino as ISP Tutorial. /*Five LED Fade Slow in SEQUENCE*/ /*Arduino Uno v.1.0.3 as ISP for Atmel ATtiny45 internal 8MHz clock*/ /*using software PWM*/ /*14 Ocotber 2014*/ /*lynne bruning for The eTextile […]

  Speed up the creation of your electronic traces by using a double needle on your home sewing machine to sew parallel traces!   Needle size from left to right: 2mm size 90 3mm size 90 4mm size 90 6mm size 100     The resistance of an 8 inch trace using a top conductive thread from Mitsifuji is 14 […]

    New video on The eTextile Lounge youTube channel!. Arduino Code can be uploaded to ATtiny45 using the Arduino as ISP Tutorial   /*FIVE LED Blink Slow in Sequence*/ /*Arduino Uno v.1.0.3 as ISP for Atmel ATtiny45 internal 8MHz clock*/ /*14 Ocotber 2014*/ /*lynne bruning for The eTextile Lounge*/ /*http://lbruning.com/etextilelounge*/ int led1 = 0; int led2 = 1; int […]

  I really do need to clean this up!