I made a mistake in programing an ATtiny for an electronic embroidery circuit and had to use alligator clips to reprogram the microcontroller while it was already sewn into the eTextile Breadboard.   Set up the Arduino Uno as ISP.     Attach alligator clips to the male to male jumper cables.     Carefully attach the alligator clips […]

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  Medical Heart Sensor Pads    

  Speaker prototypes from conductive thread.    

  Stuck between projects so I started stitching.    

  Sorting Harry’s boxes and I unearthed some useful supplies!      

  A menu item on the Brother ScanNCut is seam allowance. This setting creates a margin around the image being cut. This measurement is of particular importance when designing and cutting conductive fabrics.     As you can see in the below image the pen draws the item to be cut as well as the margin around the item cut. […]

  The Brother ScanNCut mats have an adhesive application already applied to the surface allowing fabrics and papers to be securely held in place while using the machine.   Although the adhesive is low tack it attracts every loose fiber and hair to its surface making it difficult to have a clean cut without causing woven fabrics to fray and […]

  In hopes of resolving the low tack mat adhesive holding the conductive fabric in place while cutting a speaker coil we tried the High Tack Adhesive Support Sheet included with the kit.   This product did hold the conductive fabric in place during cutting of a basic rectangular shape, but the fabric trace needed for the circuit was very […]