tracking down why the tail lights won’t light cleaning the connections getting under the hood

On my last trip I received electronic kits! Shrimp from Rain in London. Boards from Deborah in Zagreb and a Micro Noise  Kit from Ljubajana Media Lab! Once I complete it I can join their Theremidid Orchestra!

Happy Forth of July!

  My cheat sheet for using an Arduino Uno as an ISP for programing Amtel’s ATtiny45 ******************************************************* updated 27 July 2016 High Lo Tech website has updated information for 1.6.4 Board Manager Paste the following URL into the field: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide1.6.xboardsmanager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json ******************************************************* HOW TO USE ARDUINO UNO TO PROGRAM ATTINY45 Download Arduino 1.0.1 from Arduino (scroll to ‘previous IDE versions’) Install in […]

  We collected some of the conductive thread, copper foil and battery waste from the eTextile workshop at the Surface Design Conference. How we recycle eTextiles and wearable computers continues to perplex me. I don’t have an answer, but at least I am asking the question! Article from NYT ‘Could Smart Textiles Prove Toxic?‘ 2 November 2011. ‘The Environmental Cost […]

  Painting connections from ATtiny45 hardware to conductive thread with Bare conductive paint.    

  Lolwa Hassan Jamal made an eTextile lighthouse from conductive thread, ATtiny45 and a craft tech pressure sensor of conductive fabric and velostat. AWESOME! view on youtube By pressing on the light house door the user activates the LEDs to flicker. She made this three days after being introduced to an LED and 3V battery. I am so impressed!! I […]

ATtiny45’s can be easily programed using your arduino. Just follow the tutorial at MIT Media’s High-Low Tech Lab. Data sheet found from Atmel. I use these for classes and my own projects because they are: inexpensive, 100 for $63 USD at digiKey small and easy to modify enough memory for basic programs, 4KB works with eTextiles and paper computing   […]