These three eTextile circuits use the same hardware to create a light sensing circuit.   The first two example uses seed beads to insulate the conductive thread and add an aesthetic twist to standard electronic hardware.     While the final circuit uses electrical tape, conductive paint, conductive thread, conductive tape, and a lot of ingenuity to connect the […]

  Use tape to attach conductive thread to the positive and negative terminals of a 3V coin cell battery to power up a thru hole LED.      

  Wax your conductive thread with bees wax and then place it between two pieces of paper and apply heat to seal the wax to the thread.This will prevent the thread from tangling and make your sewing easy.    

  Brother ScanNCut was a very generous sponsor for Ljudmila’s PIF Hacker Camp by sending two ScanNCut machines for our use!   While at Ljudmila I began by testing the machine with a simple LED circuit. Using a black sharpie I drew the positive and negative conductive traces, scanned this image into the machine, and after the U-shaped piece was […]

  Traveling is never dull as a I wake at dawn to program ATtiny45 microcontrollers for next weeks hackers at Ljudmila PIF Camp in Trenta, Slovenia.   Luckily I have my own tutorial on using Arduino as ISP and fresh coffee!    

  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 […]

  Tools to transfer circuit embroidery patterns. Red, black and silver markers to identify the polarity of the traces and a straight edge to keep everything straight.    

  Breadboard prototype test for Five LEDs with Atmel ATtiny45 microcontroller programmed with Arduino to slowly blink out of sequence. Blink Order is: led3, led1, led5, led4, led2     Video can be found on The eTextile Lounge youTube channel. Binary sketch size: 1,014 bytes (of a 4,096 byte maximum) Error Message – IGNORE avrdude: please define PAGEL and BS2 […]

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 […]