E-Textiles

In this tutorial, we will sew standard electroluminescent (EL) wire to a pair of pants.

Learn how to hook up the LilyPad RGB LED and use a common cathode RGB LED in e-textile projects.

Control LEDs based on your movement using an accelerometer! Make your LEDs breathe by fading in and out when laying on the floor, turn off the LEDs when moving to your side, or make the LEDs blink in a headstand!

The LilyPad Vibe Board is a small vibration motor that can be sewn into projects with conductive thread and controlled by a LilyPad Arduino. The board can be used as a physical indicator on clothing and costumes for haptic feedback.

In this tutorial, we will sew standard electroluminescent (EL) wire to a hoodie.

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

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

Is your finger bent? Is your finger straight? The Qwiic Flex Glove controller board will answer this age old question for you with the flex sensor!

This guide will help you get started with electroluminescent (EL) wire, tape, panel, chasing wire, and bendable wire to let your project glow!

The LilyPad USB Plus is a sewable microcontroller that you can use with Arduino.

How to hook up the LilyPad Light Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.

An overview of the updates made in the redesign of the LilyPad Development Board to the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus and how to adapt code written for the old board to the new one.

Learn how to hook up the LilyPad Tri-Color LED and use a common anode RGB LED in e-textile projects.

A project tutorial to add an extra effect for dancers performing a choreographed piece. The harness can be added quickly under a costume.

How to hook up the LilyPad Temperature Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.

Learn how to program in Arduino with the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus. This guide includes 10 example activities that use the pre-wired LilyPad boards on the LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus.

Learn how to program in Arduino with the LilyPad Development Board. This guide includes 11 example activities that use the pre-wired LilyPad boards on the LilyPad Development Board.

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

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.

An introduction to the LilyPad ecosystem - a set of sewable electronic pieces designed to help you build soft, sewable, interactive e-textile projects.

Make a beautiful night sky costume using the LilyPad LEDs and the LilyTiny.

The LilyPad ProtoSnap Plus is a sewable electronics prototyping board that you can use to learn circuits and programming with Arduino, then break apart to make an interactive fabric or wearable project.

Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art based on a Zodiac sign using a LilyTiny, LilyPad LEDs, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery.

Learn how to use conductive thread with LilyPad components.

Explore the LilyPad LilyMini ProtoSnap and learn how to use it.

Learn how to calculate how many LEDs your LilyPad project can power and how long it will last.

Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art using a LilyPad LED, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery.

Craft a light-up plush with LilyPad LEDs controlled by pressing a button and sliding a switch in the creature's hands.

Use the pre-programmed LilyMini ProtoSnap to make an interactive pennant that reacts to ambient light levels.

Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party.

Add a cloth stencil over EL panels to create glowing logos and designs.

Learn how to make your EL wire costumes sound reactive in this project tutorial.

How to hook up the LilyPad Light Sensor as well as some project ideas and example code.

How to hook up the LilyPad Buzzer and make sound with code.

A guide to using the LilyPad Reed Switch breakout in your projects.

Learn how to create a light-up dog harness using EL wire for when you need to take your four-legged friend for a walk in the dark.

Not sure which LilyPad Arduino is right for you? We'll discuss the features of each and help you decide.

Show your school spirit, geek pride, or fandom with a light up pennant using the LilyTwinkle or LilyPad Arduino.

Add changing colors to your wearable projects using LilyPad Pixel Boards.

Tips and tricks for brainstorming and creating a wearables project.

Combine a silk flower with a built-in RGB LED and some LilyPad Switches to create a customizable accessory.

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.

Learn a few different ways to protect your conductive thread and LilyPad components in your next wearables project.

A basic guide for getting started using the LilyPad Simple Power with LiPo batteries.

Learn how to use a blower and thin sheet plastic to create designs that change shape and volume!

Diana Eng walks you through a magically appearing design made with an thermochromatic pigment.

Make your own cackling apple head witch to scare all of the trick or treaters this Halloween!

How about that humidity? This tutorial shows how to add sensing capability to the 21st Century Fashion Kit's RGB flower project.

How to consciously wear light-up and and sound reactive clothing.

Make a light up goodie bag with conductive thread, LEDs, and the LilyTwinkle!

A quick tutorial showing how to reprogram the ATtiny85 IC found on the LilyTiny or LilyTwinkle boards.

Use an Electric Imp and accelerometer to create an "Are You OK" widget. A cozy piece of technology your friend or loved one can nudge to let you know they're OK from half-a-world away.

A short guide to creating a rainbow of new LilyPad LED colors at home!

A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.

Everything you need to setup a circuit using ELastoLite super flexible EL Panels from Oryon Technologies.

Learn to create and integrate your own handmade switch into an e-textile circuit.

Learn how to build a simple microcontroller circuit using the pre-programmed LilyTiny Board

Design both parallel and series e-textile circuits with multiple LEDs!

Interested in getting into LilyPad? Or maybe it's Arduino that tickles your fancy? Just want to add a little white-blinky-LED zest to your vest? All of the above? The ProtoSnap LilyPad Simple is a great tool to explore any of these subjects.

A fun project that uses the LilyPad MP3 trigger. This apron will dispense helpful kitchen advice and humor from the host of My Drunk Kitchen, Hannah Harto!

A playful, geeky tutorial for a leather bracer that uses a LilyPad Arduino, LilyPad accelerometer, and seven segment display to roll virtual 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, and 100 side dice for gaming.

How to create your own e-textiles buttons.

A guest tutorial from the astonishingly talented Mario the Magician showing how to put together your own servo-controlled lapel flower.

Make a soft circuit firefly jar with conductive thread, LEDs, and the LilyTwinkle!

The LilyPad MP3 Player is an amazing little board that contains almost everything you need to play audio files. You can use it to create all kinds of noisy projects, from MP3 hoodies to talking teddy bears. Your imagination is the only limit! This tutorial will help you get started.

Here we will learn how to say how you feel with pizza. Electric pizza.

The first experiment in the LilyPad Design Kit series. In this exercise, you will learn how a basic e-textiles circuit works, and light up a sewable LED using a coin cell battery holder and conductive thread.

DIY Project Idea: Create a custom hand warmer blanket using heating pads.

The LilyPad Development Board is a sewable electronics prototyping board that you can use to learn circuits and programming with Arduino, then break apart to make an interactive fabric or wearable project.