Statex generously sponsored the eTextile Lounge at Ljudmila’s PIF Summer Hacker Camp in Slovenia’s Trenta Valley where we will be converting traditional PCBs and sensors into soft circuits.   Samples of all of their conductive threads.     33/10 dtex Z-turns     44/12 dtex Zturns     22/1 dtex + 113/32 dtex PES     117/17 dtex 2 […]

  First I draw my circuit with pen and paper.     Scan it into the Brother ScanNCut using Scan to Cut Data.     Leave it in place on the cutting mat.     Using the ScanNCut pen attachment draw the circuit on the same piece of paper and check for accuracy against your original image.     I […]

  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.    

  Nine conductive thread speaker coils freshly sewn into Aida cloth.    

  Preparing for a workshop takes double the time to teach the workshop.   SHopping for the supplies.   Programing microcontrollers, packaging the tiny electronic parts, and then fitting everything into a suitcase.   Its all behind the scene, but without rigorous preparation the workshop will suffer.