Electronic sewing workshop

Electronic sewing workshop
Learn how to sew LEDs down with conductive thread
From 2011/01/22 01:30:00 PM to 2011/01/22 11:59:59 PM
Type:
Workgroup
Category:
Crafting
Location:
Den Bunker Herrystraat 22, Deurne, Belgium
Cost:

Contents 1 who 2 when & where 3 what 4 fee 5 participants 6 material provided

who

Eli Skipp
http://eliskipp.com/blog/

when & where

Saturday 22nd of January at VoidWarranties

the workshops starts at 14:00

what

This workshop will teach people how to sew LEDs down with conductive thread, to add some lights to their clothing.
This is a great way to learn the basics of parallel/series circuits, polarity, resistance, hand-sewing, etc.
Your space will be left with a decent quantity of conductive thread afterwards as well, which can be used for pretty much anything.

Examples of applications:
Flex resistor jacket dance
Tweetshirt by Steffest
Lilypad
Leah Buechley
EL Wire

fee

Participation will be free for hackerspace members (0x20,HSBxl,Voidwarranties) except for material costs...
Non-Members that want to participate actively are asked to make a 5 euro contribution to the space hosting the event.
Everybody is welcome to come and have a look at the workshop.

Details on material cost will follow soon.

participants

• Yashiko (Void member)
• Jobj (Void member)
• Koen (reMember me)
• Ivom (void member)
• Arlene (non-member)
• Marthe (non-member)
• <add your name here> / <member or non-member>

(Just add you name to the list by clicking on edit next to this section)
(don't forget to prove you are a human by solving the little mathproblem whene saving)

material provided

We need:

• 1 embroidery needle per attendee.(yashiko)
• 1 pair scissors (at least)(yashiko:1 pair)
• 1 spool 234/34 ply conductive thread (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8549). (bkay:1 spool)
• Super bright LEDs (amount up to you, but three per person should be the minimum). (bkay: plenty)
• 1 resistor per LED (1k) (optional; conductive thread is SUPER resistant, ~ 1 ohm per inch, and does not necessarily require traditional resistor-LED coupling, hence if you do get resistors, a lower resistance is good). (Stefan: plenty)
• 1 multimeter (at least) (Stefan 3 pcs)
• 1 non-serrated pair of needle nose pliers (like, smooth on the inside) (at least) (Stefan: 2 sets)
• A whole bunch of AAA batteries OR a whole bunch of coin cells rated at 1.5V (alkaline, silver). (bkay:plenty)
• 1 AAA battery holder per attendee (with either 2 or 3 slots) OR a few coin cell battery holders (one per coin cell purchased). (bkay: 5 holders)
• Fray lock (1 or 2 tubes) or super glue (3 or 4 tubes).(yashiko)

• I have isolated (lacked)copper wire (0.18mm) easy to handle also for sewing, you can solder it to led, resistor, ...