From New Textiles 2010

Main: Links

Links - tutorials


Machines

laser cutter tutorial
embroidery machine software tutorial
embroidery machine tutorial

Arduino

Arduino Home Page
LilyPad Arduino Home Page

AVR programming

AVR tutorial part 1
AVR tutorial part 2

Techniques

fabric PCB tutorial
how to make felt fabric
how to fuse plastic bags into fabric, tutorial as pdf: Attach:fusing.pdf


Links - where to get stuff


Conductive Textiles

Less EMF: fabric, velcro, thread
Block EMF: fabric, velcro, thread
SparkFun: thread
Lame Lifesaver: thread
Fine Silver Products: thread, fabric
Tinsel Trading Company: vintage metal threads and fabric
Hedgehog Handworks: metal wrapped embroidery threads

Conductive Textiles, Companies/Wholesalers

Bekaert
X-static
Shieldex


Knitting Machine Yarn

Alpaca Silk blend, 2/14
Valley Cotton, 8/2
Aurora Cotton, 8/2

Cambridge/Boston Craft Stores

minds eye yarns: fiber, yarn, spinning and knitting equipment
sew low discount fabrics: fabric, findings, sewing equipment
Windsor Button: yarn, sewing notions & findings - cheap and T-accessible

AVR microcontrollers

ATtiny13
AVRISP programmer
AVR libc documentation

Miscellaneous Electronics

CR2032 coin cell batteries
Thin, insulated electrical wires (recommended: 35 AWG NICHROME 60 W/HEAVY ML ENAMEL)
fiber optic filament

Surface Mount LEDs

White
Green
Blue
Red
Yellow

"Regular" 5mm LEDs

Red
Green
Yellow
Blue
White

Motors

vibrator motors
tiny cheap servos


LINKS - Misc. Useful

bar code generator
fiber burn chart
wikipedia entry on textile measurements
textile measurement converter

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