This is stranded hook up wire that I purchased from eBay.   It comes pre-tinned.   A comparison of solid core to stranded wires.

    Current flows from the battery along the negative trace (black) thru a resistor and to the negative lead of the LED. The electrons jump the P-N Junction inside the lens cap emitting light and the depleted current returns to the battery along the positive trace (red). Other blog posts on LED’s LED Close Up  

The Zagreb Technical Museum with Nikola Tesla’s demonstration room

  I’ll be teaching a 5 day workshop in eTextiles, wearable tech and paper computing the first week of June 2014 at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, Tennessee! Register before 1 February 2014 and save 10% Other workshops happening this week will be: Avelino Samuel – woodworking Brent Skidmore – woodworking John Cogswell – meatals Jean Hicks – felt hats Joseph Cavalieri […]

Conferencias /// Lynne Bruning ‘Intro to eTextiles, Paper Computing and Wearable Technology’ ‘eTextiles, Online Education, and the DIY Maker Movement’ Miércoles 06.11.2013 | 19 a 21.30 h Central de Diseño / DIMAD de Matadero Madrid El próximo miércoles 6 de noviembre, a partir de las 19 h, la diseñadora Lynne Bruning, tras su paso por ‘Smart Fabrics Europe’ en Barcelona, […]

  My first evening in Barcelona I taught a very informal workshop at Dudua located at c/Diluvi 5. Before the workshop I was horribly lost on the little streets of Vila de Gracia. Google Maps mapes it look so simple, yet I required the help of the locals!  Once again the dog walkers directed me to where I needed to […]

So many options for 3V CR2032 coin cell battery holders to sew into eTextile projects.

I purchase these little 10mm vibrating pancake motors from eBay and use them in haptic eTextile and paper computing projects. I generally get 25 or 50 at a time and they cost about $.50 USD/ motor. Super Afforable! Be careful when stripping the leads as the wire is very fine and its easy to inadvertently cut thru the wire rendering […]