LilyPad eSewing
Lily Pad eSewing
Dr. Leah Buechley invented the lily pad. You can read more about her here: http://leahbuechley.com/ She is the author of Sew Electric and Textile Messages. You will find both of these books in our LMC!
What Are Sewable Electronics?
Sewable electronics combine traditional craft processes (sewing, fashion design, and textile design) with electrical engineering, computer science, and hardware skills.
With sewable electronics, you can create e-textiles (electronic textiles), which are often wearable, flexible projects that look less like traditional electronics and more like craft and art projects. Many e-textile projects replace wiring with flexible conductive materials such as conductive thread and fabric. For the projects in this guide, we will be sewing circuits together with conductive thread.
Interested in sewing circuits or working with LilyPad? Take a peek at the directions in these tutorials!
Beginner
Sewing a Simple Circuit by Sparkfun
LED Robot Pop-up Card by Sparkfun
Intermediate/Advanced
Lilypad Hook Up Guide from Sparkfun
GitHub: Sparkfun Code and Design Files
Arduino Connections via Sparkfun
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