Sparkfun Lilypad Workshop at Maker Faire

 

This weekend at the Maker Faire, Sparkfun will be holding an introductory Lilypad and etextile workshop. The hands-on workshop will give you the technical skills and know-how to add LED lights to your crafty projects. The class uses the Lilypad electronic components.
The course will cost you $30 and all the proceeds from all of SparkFun’s workshops this year are going to be donated to The San Francisco Food Bank as well as Internet Archive/Way Back Machine.

Interactive Soft Circuits and eTextiles Workshop with Arduino Lilypad in Berkeley

Interactive Soft Circuits and eTextiles Workshop with Arduino Lilypad in Berkeley, California

Saturday June 26 and Sunday June 27, 2010

"In this hands-on weekend workshop we will cut, sew, weave, knit, felt and layer specialized electrotextiles, conductive threads and conventional electronics to create interactive soft circuits for wearables, musical instruments, jewelry and other responsive systems. We will make e-textile pressure, stretch and position sensors connect them to the Lilypad wearable computing platform and use led's and small speakers for output. We will draw inspiration from my large collection of materials, devices and projects reviewing best practices in commercial, academic and DIY eTextile work."

http://www.adrianfreed.com/content/interactive-soft-circuits-and-etextiles-workshop-arduino-lilypad-berkeley-california

Soft Circuitry with LilyPad Arduino at GAFFTA by Lara Grant

YA PASÓ!!! PERO AHÍ QUEDA:

Lara Grant will be teaching a weekend intensive course at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) April 2nd and 3rd. This course will cover the basics of electricity, circuit building and the techniques and materials used to make soft circuits. Workshop participates with be given a short overview of soft circuitry in the context of wearables, art and technology and will be given project based instruction through the construction of soft circuits using conductive thread and fabrics. Students will build two circuits, one using a 555 timer IC and one using the LilyPad, while integrating soft switches and sensors into each. 

Not only will students walk away with circuits made in the workshop, but also a list of sources for materials and further online resources to further their education outside of the workshop.

Class Outline:

Day One:

Short history of wearables and an overlook of contemporary projects

Intro to electrical components and schematics

Intro to wearable conductive materials

Hands-on portion:

How to prototype a sound generating circuit on a breadboard

How to use a multimeter

Making of wearable switches and variable resistors

Integration of switches and resistors with breadboard circuit

Assignment: Download and install arduino software from arduino.cc

Day Two:

Intro to the LilyPad Arduino

Intro to available sensors and handmade options

Translating from the breadboard to a soft circuit

Overview of resources for materials and further education outside of the workshop

Hands-on portion:

Fabrication of musical textile

Lara is one half of the sister team Felted Signal Processing (FSP) that explores textile based musical controllers and has extensive experience creating interactive fashion, objects and performances with (and without) the use of technology through soft circuitry.

Afterwards there will be a Salon with fellow instructor Matt Ganucheau who will be teaching Arduino 101 the same weekend. Matt and Lara will be giving a brief presentation concerning their work in physical computing and wearable technology in an open format where students, alumni and faculty mix to discuss pertinent work.

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Lara Grant

Taller de circuitos suaves y bordado

Preparando un proyecto de taller, para recibir la primavera con leds y energía!! :)

Soft circuits workshops in SF by Grace Kim

Day One:
History and context
Measuring energy
Creating a circuit on a breadboard
Soft circuit basics
Embroidery basics
Introduction to switches (including how to turn everyday sewing notions into switches)
Workshop time: make an LED wristband
Assignment: prototype a concept of an exaggerated sense
Day Two:
Class presentations
Introduction to resistance (including how to use a multimeter)
Introduction to sensors
Workshop time: make a tote bag that lights up when your cell phone receives an incoming call
(students may not be able to complete the full project in this time. Rather the assignment would be that the student finishes the project on their own time, or extra workshop time will be delegated in the next class)
Assignment: prototype a concept of the electronic gesture
Day Three:
Class presentations
Demonstration of advanced materials (different types of conductive fabric, felt resistors, LED-integrated fabric, el paper)
Demonstration of LIilypad and other microcontrollers.
Demonstration of advanced sensors (accelerometer, etc)
Battery management
Looking for components in unexpected places: hacking old electronics and toys
Workshop time: perhaps finish tote bag or workshop future project ideas with students