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Pressure Sensor

Pressure Sensor

on13 February 2014 / in Blog, Electronics, Hardware, Supplier

  This is a force-sensitive resistor available from Adafruit for $7.00 USD.   Thru hole connections make this pressure sensor easy to adapt for eTextile use.     The sensor pad can be embedded into a textile or paper computing design.   You can also use conductive fabric and velostat to make your own pressure sensor. Just follow my video […]

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Conductive Thread Options

Conductive Thread Options

on06 February 2014 / in Supplier, Textile

  Conductive Threads from Silverell, Mitsifuji, and Bekaert Stainless Technologies.     Depending upon my project I will select a conductive thread based upon it’s resistance and application method. Silverell 234/34 has changed its manufacturing process resulting in the thread tarnishing causing in increase in resistance. I no longer recommend this thread. Mitsifuji is no longer producing conductive thread. Bekaert […]

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Conductive Thread Comparisons

Conductive Thread Comparisons

on30 January 2014 / in Conductive, Electronics, Sewing, Textile

    Comparison testing a variety of conductive threads available from ebay, etsy, and online retailers. Unfortunately, many of the the threads are not conductive and can not be used for eTextiles. I’ll start posting results next week.  

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Conductive Fabrics

Conductive Fabrics

on23 January 2014 / in Blog, Conductive, Textile

  From left to right Bamboo and Stainless, Silver taffeta, copper taffata, silver non-woven, velostat and bottom left silver lycra.   Alll from LessEMF in Albany, NY.

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Weller Soldering Iron

Weller Soldering Iron

on16 January 2014 / in Blog, Electronics, Tools
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Prototyping Wire

Prototyping Wire

on02 January 2014 / in Blog, Electronics, Supplier, Tools

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

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Vibrating Pancake Motors

Vibrating Pancake Motors

on08 October 2013 / in Electronics, Hardware, Supplier

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 […]

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Borderless Arduino Kit Review

Borderless Arduino Kit Review

on03 October 2013 / in Blog, Electronics, Hardware, Reviews, Supplier

The 8 year old and I had the Borderless faux Arduino board working in no time – once I remembered to change the Arduino platform over to a Lenardo board setting. Its the little things that snag the system.   However there are no instructions. No printed directions came with the kit to bring the new user to a website, […]

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Tilt Ball Switch

Tilt Ball Switch

on01 October 2013 / in Blog, Electronics, Hardware, Supplier

    Inexpensive and super simple to use.  Switch your eTextile projects on or off with a tilt! This one is $2 from adafruit. Digikey has more accurate tilt ball switches. You can make your own by following this Instructable.  

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Photosensors

Photosensors

on27 September 2013 / in Blog, Electronics, Hardware, Supplier

  “A photoresistor or light dependent resistor (LDR) or photocell is a resistor whose resistance decreases with increasing incident light intensity; in other words, it exhibits photoconductivity.” wikipedia I keep a large supply of these inexpensive sensors on hand. You can find them available at DigiKey.

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