LilyTiny Plush Monster

Contributors: Gella

Introduction

Craft a glowing-eyed stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Tiny Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed. While the original monster activity uses one LED, this project will use two (or more) to light up the monster's eyes. We'll learn how to hook up the LilyTiny board, prototype with alligator clips, and plan a conductive thread circuit on a three dimensional project.

This is a great project to try after you've done a couple e-sewing projects and before you are ready to start programming a full LilyPad Arduino project.

Suggested Reading

If you've never worked with e-textiles before, you may want to have a look at these other tutorials.

• E-Textiles Basics
• Sewing with Conductive Thread
• LDK Experiment 2: Multiple LED Circuits
• E-Textile Mask
• LDK Experiment 6: Microcontroller Circuits