Glowing Pin

Contributors: Gella

Introduction

In this project, we’ll create a wearable pin using conductive thread to connect a LilyPad LED to a battery holder. Follow along by drawing your own design on a piece of fabric, or download and print one of SparkFun’s designs.

Design and build time: 30 minutes — 1 hour

This is Project 1 from the LilyPad Sewable Electronics Kit, take a look at the other projects in the kit:

• Project 2: Illuminated Mask
• Project 3: Light-Up Plush
• Project 4: Night-Light Pennant

Suggested Reading

If this is your first sewable electronics project, we recommend you read our LilyPad Basics tutorial.