E-Craft

Get started with the Red Hat Instrument kit!

Learn the options for powering your LilyPad projects, LiPo battery safety and care, and how to calculate and consider power constraints on your projects.

Let's take a look at different materials we can use to combine paper crafting and electronics.

An EL project that displays one person's heartbeat on another person's costume.

Learn how to build a simple paper circuit using copper tape, a 5mm LED, and a 3V coin cell battery.

This tutorial provides everything you need to know to make your own light up high top sneakers!

In this digital fabrication project featuring 3D printing, laser cutting, and DIY electronics, you will build a beautiful design object for your desktop or night stand.

A quick tutorial to get you started in the world of light up origami flowers.

A guest tutorial on an Electronic Terrarium from the Performative Sculpture class of Parsons DT.

Craft a stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Plush Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed.

This scarf is embedded with a ribbon of LEDs that illuminate when it gets dark out, making yourself more visible to vehicle and other pedestrians.

Learn about the button and switch offerings in the LilyPad line and how to use them.

The Spectacle system is designed to help those without electronics or programming experience integrate electronics into projects.

This tutorial goes over the how to assemble the Chibitronics' Chibi Chip programmable microcontroller with the Chibi Clip to add more functionality to your paper circuits! Start programming your Chibi Chip by writing code (block-based and text-based) in a browser-based code editor and then transmit code through sound to your board!

Craft your own paper circuit holiday greeting using the LEDs, a Chibi Chip, Love to Code!

A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.

Craft a glowing card for friends and family this holiday season with paper circuits - no soldering required!

Craft a paper circuit pop up card with a cycling RGB LED, battery, and copper tape.

Light up your love with paper circuits - no soldering required!

Craft an illuminated butterfly pop up card with copper tape, two LEDs, and a battery.

Light up your dad's day with this electronic pop-up card!

This quick craft project shows you how to create a circuit using copper tape instead of wire to light up an LED and make a wearable piece of e-craft art.

Embedded with heating pads and four Neopixel rings, these earmuffs do more than your average winter accessory to keep you warm while still looking good.

Explore the LilyPad E-Sewing ProtoSnap and learn how to build it into a project.