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[academicsinabox]

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[craftykitsurou]

Working on project ideas for when I can teach again! #sewablecircuits #artforkids #modernmakers * * * * * #lehighvalley #arts #supportart #bethlehempa #visitbethlehem #artclass #handmade #crafts #creativehappylife #makersgonnamake #craftykitsurou #kidsart #kidscrafts #creativekids #childrensart #leds #conductivethread #ledwear #ledwearables #ledart #ledporn #sewableleds @BananaFactory_pa #bananafactory #artsquest (at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VowHPFKsV/?igshid=1mpdeabvgt67z

[teletummies-blog1]

Soft-Circuit Making - The Pros and Cons

After sewing the Firefly Jar Kit, I think there are some pros and cons that come along with this way of circuit making:

Pros:

Flexible

Easily get sewn on soft materials, such as fabric and clothing

Lightweight and tiny components are easily integrated into soft materials, such as fabric and clothing

Wearable in everyday situations

Cheap manufacturing

Provide more possibility for artwork creation and fashion industry

Cons:

This way of soft-circuit making rely heavily on manual sewing

Time-consuming

Challenging to sew the circuit together with the electronic components with thread by using a sewing machine.

Machine washing may damage the conductive thread

Since conductive thread is uninsulated, it behaves like a bare wire, so we probably need some fabric glue to protect the thread before putting it into washing machine.

Otherwise, we can remove battery and hand wash the product with care, but it is too troublesome.

Loose threads may cause short circuit

The LED is not triggered when I turned on the battery at first because negative and positive side is connected together.

I have made a LED dress using LilyPad Arduino before. There was a time the thread from the positive side accidentally touches the negative side and cause a short circuit, it ended up burning a hole in the dress lol

To avoid short circuit, I use sellotape and hot glue to glue the tip of the thread.

Need carefully design the circuit map before sewing

No overlapping stitches are accepted

Cannot cut the thread with the sewing goes wrong, otherwise the circuit is disconnected

Loose connection

Conductive thread may pull away from the sew tab and disconnect the circuit when the thread is not making a tight connection.

[iandroideu]

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— iAndroid.eu (@iandroideu1) February 27, 2020

[studiomnivorous]

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Lighting up my life at @adventuresci! I get to illuminate students about #conductivethread tomorrow during our MakerLab class, and make a bunch of light puns, it’s going to be lit 💡 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwxfmF3hxNw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yrom3q8t33cf

[ladylillithcorsetry]

Extra curricula activities at Watershed Bristol wit E-stitches. Making pressure sensors. #ladylillithcorsetryandcostume #ladylillithnotcorsetry #arduinonano #arduino #wearabletech #wearableelectronics #watershedbristol #watershed #estitches #Bristol #pressuresensor #conductivethread

[karlakr8]

My first e-textile! Warp-faced andean style weaving with backstrap loom.... thanks to @arupendola my awesome weaving teacher and #frankinsista #franktextiles #e-textile #etextile #weaving #cyborggoddess #electronic #led ... #conductivethread @ Territorio Lupaqa

[pixelatedpencil]

#process #experiment #artproject #conductivethread #conductivefabric #conductivepaint #raspberrypi #python #cat

[artfulartsyamy]

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I made a firefly brooch that really lights up! #noveltybrooch #firefly #handmade #conductivethread

[tinkersphere]

This spool contains 200 yards of #conductivethread lined with real silver to make it electrically conductive! #wearables #tinkering #tinkersphere #wearabletech (at Tinkersphere)

[officiallyerika]

Repost from @samtopley - here it is! The bed of nails belt! Which we have decided not to go with... But the technology is staying with something prettier!! Something softer!! #technology #synth #womenintech #analoguesynth #conductivethread #strengthinsoftness

[hoodandcowares]

Bought some conductive thread a while back to make my leather gloves touch screen enabled and since Spring seems to be coming waayyyy later than usual this will be my experiment for the day, wish me luck :) #saturdayexperiment #leather #conductivethread #techandfashion #leathergloves #vsco #vscocam #experiment #touchscreengloves #handmade #creator #design #designer #nyc #brooklyn (at Brooklyn, New York)

[raishphoenix]

It's been a while since I've done programming, but I'm planning on having some LED fun with my Jade costume =] #conductivethread #thread #arduino #lilypadarduino #rgbled #LED #resistor #program #programming #nycc #nycc2016

[studiomnivorous]

Highlights from today's @adventuresci featured: sharing #conductivethread #sewing skills with some of my fellow Educators...the classy bathroom radio sneak peek for next week's #xfiles #waylateplaydate ...and the newly installed #womeninstem #art #exhibit! @MaeJemison is a #teacher AND an #astronaut, which basically makes her my superhero. (at Adventure Science Center)

[teamblinky]

Make Your Own Touchscreen Sensitive Gloves!

Do not buy those touch sensitive gloves! They’re way expensive to buy, but cheap and easy to make yourself. Here’s a tutorial from Family Circuit, the web series from yours truly.

This is about the simplest intro project ever if you're just getting into e-textiles. These gloves work because they extended the conductivity, or capacitance, of your skin to the screen so it's just like your finger is touching it. When your finger touches the screen, it changes an electromagnetic field around the screen. There is a sensor that measures this, then tells the processor where this fluctuation is on the screen and what to do with it (type a letter, draw a line, drop some beats, etc).

If you find yourself nerding out at the possibilities as much as me, try making a super simple capacitive sensor with Arduino. It's *really* fun.

[tinkersphere]

#conductivefabric #coppertape and #conductivethread for #wearabletech! #tinkering at #tinkersphere (at Tinkersphere)