Conductive marker

[Jason Axelson]

Does anyone have recommendations for a conductive marker? I want to
draw conductive lines on a T-shirt for the MakeyMakey.

I'm looking at this conductive marker right now, but it takes a long
time to ship and is rather expensive:
http://www.amazon.com/MG-Chemicals-Silver-Conductive-Microtip/dp/B005JK6LDG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350072679&sr=8-1&keywords=conductive+pen+-stylus

Jason

[Laurence A. Lee]

How long are the lines you want to run?

When I last looked into this to help my Nephew out with his ideas for a line of rave gloves and other clothing gear, we prototyped with an arduino and conductive thread:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8549?

I've also got a crapload of DigiSparks coming in via KickStarter (personal inventory for future projects), which could make this kind of application more feasible than running off of a traditional Arduino.

[Jason Axelson]

Thanks Laurence, the conductive thread looks like it will work quite
nicely. So I've ordered some (along with some Lilypad pieces).

The DigiSparks looks interesting, I just wish I knew about them before
the kickstarter ended.

Jason

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[Jeremy Chan]

I'd agree with the conductive thread. I saw some folks also mash up graphite (pencil lead) and mix it with ink. Sounds pretty resistive though.

Jeremy

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[Jerry Isdale]

Teensy, DigiSpark TinyLily etc are great for small wearables

And yes. Conductive thread is the best way to do this sort of thing.

I bought a big spool of it a while back and it makes a great stash for your space.

Mine got used up for classes on sewing electronics.

Jerry Isdale

isd...@gmail.com

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