This is a set of links I put together for folks who attend my eTextiles seminar.
Last updated 2 December 2020

Artists & Engineers

Leah Buechley
https://makezine.com/2014/07/18/leah-buechley-crafting-the-lilypad-arduino/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtNEPkwCfxA
https://www.instructables.com/id/turn-signal-biking-jacket/

Nwanua Elumeze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHT47yXoZdo

Limor Fried
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D27U3wHN8fs
https://www.adafruit.com/
https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/how-limor-fried-built-a-diy-tech-empire/

Becky Stern
www.beckystern.com

Lynne Bruning
https://www.instructables.com/id/Bats-Have-Feelings-Too/

Rachel Friere
http://www.rachelfreire.com/
http://www.rachelfreire.com/second-skin
http://www.instructables.com/id/Stretch-Circuit/
https://vimeo.com/228277696
http://www.rachelfreire.com/etextile-crystallography
http://www.instructables.com/id/Growing-Crystals-on-LEDs-and-ETextiles/

Behnaz Farahi
http://www.behnazfarahi.com
https://vimeo.com/220083937
https://vimeo.com/325446043
http://www.behnazfarahi.com/can-the-subaltern-speak/

Materials

Conductive Materials
https://www.adafruit.com/product/640
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9O-T8oy7TU

Blinking & Glowing
https://www.radioshack.com/products/20-assorted-leds
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/powering-lilypad-led-projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO6xQMR8naw
https://www.instructables.com/id/13-Ideas-for-Diffusing-LEDs/
http://www.coolneon.com/
https://agozz.com/index.php/led-fiber-optic-series-products.html

Microcontrollers
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/choosing-a-lilypad-arduino-for-your-project/all
https://learn.adafruit.com/how-to-choose-a-microcontroller

Sensors
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8777http://shopping.coolneon.com/Long-Sound-Activated-Driver-DLSA
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1059
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1093
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2773

Outputs
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8463
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11008
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-the-lilypad-mp3-player/all

Connections
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2487
https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/xbee_guide
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3027

IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)
https://www.arduino.cc/
https://circuitpython.org/

Batteries
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/338
https://learn.adafruit.com/li-ion-and-lipoly-batteries

AC/DC Drivers & Inverters
http://shopping.coolneon.com/s.nl?sc=2&category=2048&search=driversBasic

Process

Acquiring Materials
https://www.adafruit.com/
https://elmwoodelectronics.ca/
https://www.sparkfun.com/

Prototyping
https://learn.adafruit.com/flora-rgb-smart-pixels/hook-up-alligator-clips

Debugging (after every step…)
(Google around, try stuff, check forum boards)

Constructing the Circuit
https://www.instructables.com/lesson/Sew-a-Circuit/

Programming the Microcontroller
https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/projects/lilypad-protosnap-plus-hookup-guide/e1dc0b9afbf743d88e6a986183fd0f16

Example project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h84Y3rNPm2Y

Electronic Principals
https://www.weavezine.com/content/clasped-weft-weaving-conductive-thread-and-leds.html
https://mrs-o-c.com/ada/energy/parallelSeries.html

Homework

1. Go to instructables.com and learn.adafruit.com to find one project you’re crazy excited about.
   
2. Make it.

Bonus Content

3D printing
https://www.thingiverse.com/Syne/about