LilyPad Vibe Board

Add a sense of touch to your custom clothing and costumes. The LilyPad Vibe Board features a small but powerful single-phase vibration motor that you can easily sew into your e-textile projects. At 5V, it delivers a strong, distinct shake, making it an excellent physical indicator for haptic feedback. Because it sits discreetly against the skin and has a mechanical noise rating of just 50dB, it works perfectly for alerting the wearer to notifications or events without making a sound or notifying anyone else in the room.

Sewable E-Textile Design

LilyPad is a wearable e-textile technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. To ensure these components integrate seamlessly into your wardrobe (no pun intended), LilyPad relies on some specific hardware choices:

• Sewable Tabs: The LilyPad Vibe Board features two large conductive connection pads that let you stitch it directly into fabric with conductive thread.
• Low-Profile Build: Measuring just 20mm in outer diameter on a thin 0.8mm PCB, this board lays perfectly flat against or inside of your garments.
• Washable Hardware: Built to withstand real-world use, your finished clothing can be washed without damaging the electronics.

Integrating this vibe board with your microcontroller provides an incredibly straightforward way to program discreet alerts into your wearable electronics, whether you are building a fitness tracker to remind you to move or a costume that reacts to physical touch.

• Schematic
• Eagle Files
• Hookup Guide
• Datasheet (Vibration Motor)
• Learn More About LilyPad
• E-Sewing Basics
• Tutorials:
  • Getting Started with LilyPad
  • Planning a Wearable Electronics Project
  • Insulation Techniques for e-Textiles
• GitHub Hardware Repo