a construction kit for electronic textiles
(see the LilyPad page for information about the latest version of the kit)

Spring 2006-present. A set of stitchable controllers, sensors and actuators enables novices to build their own electronic textiles. The pieces are built using my fabric PCB technique: microcontrollers, sensors and other devices are soldered to fabric PCBs. The finished pieces can be stitched together with conductive thread into custom wearables. Users program their constructions using a modified version of the fabulous Arduino software.

Click here for an introduction to the e-textile kit hardware and software.

Click here for a paper about this project that was presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) 2006. Winner of best paper award.

Pictures from a June 2007 workshop on Flickr.
Picutures from a February 2007 workshop on Flickr.