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Hi Everyone,

I started sewing several garments last night and I realized this is going to take A LONG time. Oh well. But before I continued, I was looking on feedback as to whether people would recommend continuing with sewing using DEV-11791 as the conductive thread, of if people would recommend soldering with silicone wire. I tried soldering one of the garments, and I think it made a mess. It was too stiff in the end and just didn’t look nice at all. My biggest fear is if the main board and the xbee break out will receive enough power through the high resistance conductive thread. The distance between the Simple Power unit and the Main Board is about 6" and the distance between the Simple Power and the XBee is about 12". If you guys think it’s not an issue, then I will definitely keep sewing. The mosfets in the circuit will each drive 12 LEDs in parallel and the project is powered by a 1 mah LiPO battery. All components from Sparkfun. I have EIGHT of these to sew. Phew.

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Greetings. Thanks for posting on the SFE forums.

I don’t think that 6" or 12" distances will really have an adverse affect on signals going across that SS thread. It really depends on the stitch, however.

I have not personally tried soldering normal wires with garments as garments are flexible and solder joints are stiff. I fill like it would be easy for solder joints and even stranded, flexible wire to break over time. There are advantages to using SS thread as there are no stiff points generally.

I hope this helps. Best of luck with the project.