Gikfun Conductive Thread Bobbin Stainless Steel for Lilypad Arduino EK2058

[Music] hi I'm Becky Stern today I'm going to show you how to get started with the lilypad arduino which is a sellable microcontroller allowing you to embed lights sounds and sensors into your everyday fabric objects like clothes and accessories here are the things you'll need you need your lily pad your power supply with a triple-a battery your lily pad programmer with a USB cable some scissors some conductive thread on a needle and a pair of pliers to turn a regular LED into one with little coiled leads on the bottom this is so that it makes them easier to sew and to get started we'll just sew our lily pad to the power supply on this piece of fabric in an embroidery hoop you don't have to put an embroidery hoop but it helps keep the fabric tight the first thing we'll do is sew the lily pad to the power supply so you'll notice here on the left that there's a plus and a minus and these