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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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Syscom Threads Wound on Sewing Thread Spools

Syscom Threads Wound on Sewing Thread Spools

on25 June 2015 / in Blog, Conductive, eTextile, Supplier

  In order to use Syscom Metal Clad threads on my home sewing machine I had to wind them onto some empty spools.     Super sexy copper, silver, and nickel conductive thread!    

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Workbench: Testing Conductive Thread on a Bernina 180

Workbench: Testing Conductive Thread on a Bernina 180

on24 June 2015 / in Blog, Conductive, Sewing

  Testing conductive thread from Syscom Metal Clad Fibers. Sewing a straight stitch with the conductive thread as a top thread to test resistance and learn how smoothly the thread feeds thru the eye of the needle.    

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Yellow Seed Bead Speaker

Yellow Seed Bead Speaker

on24 June 2015 / in Blog, eTextile, Textile

  Using a double ended beading needle feed conductive thread thru yellow metallic seed beads to create an eTextile speaker coil which works with an MP3 player.     Coil the beaded thread to create a speaker.     Hack a circuit from a mini travel speaker, remove the speaker, and connect the eTextile speaker with alligator clips.     […]

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Sound Circuits!

Sound Circuits!

on23 June 2015 / in Blog, eTextile

  I liberated a sound circuit from a mini travel speaker and connected it a conductive thread speaker coil.     Detail of eTextile speaker and magnet.    

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N50 Magnet

N50 Magnet

on21 June 2015 / in Blog, Electronics

  A drop of nail polish on the magnet end acts as an insulator when using it with an eTextile speaker.    

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Workbench – Conductive Paints

Workbench – Conductive Paints

on20 June 2015 / in Blog, Paper Computing

  I have a collection of conductive paint that is sitting on my workbench waiting for a paper computing project to begin!   Circuit Scribe pen from ElectronInks that I purchased at Maker Faire NYC September 2014.       Also on my workbench is Bare Conductive Paint and CUPro from LessEMF.     Time to get to work!  

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