The Arduino LilyPad is a microcontroller board with wearable e-textile technology developed by Leah Buechley and cooperatively designed by Leah and SparkFun. Each LilyPad was creatively designed to have large connecting pads to allow them to be sewn into clothing. Various input, output, power, and sensor boards are available.
They're even washable*!
The Arduino LilyPad can be programmed with the Arduino software versions 10.0 or higher. You can program it with earlier versions, but all of the time related functions will be off (twice as slow as they should be).
The ATmega168V (low-power version of ATmega168) on the Arduino LilyPad comes preburned with a bootloader that allows you to upload new code to it with the Arduino software. You can also bypass the bootloader and program the ATmega168V through the ICSP (In-Circuit Serial Programming) header.
The Arduino LilyPad can be powered via the USB connection or with an external power supply.
If an external power supply is used, it should provide between 2.7 and 5.5 volts. This can come either from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall-wart) or battery.
Physical Characteristics
The Arduino LilyPad is a circle, approximately 2" in diameter. The board itself is 1/32" thick (approximately 1/8" where electronics are attached). New version comes with 4 pin headers for easy connection: 5V, GND, Tx, Rx.
WARNING: don't power the LilyPad Arduino with more than 5.5 volts or plug the power in backwards: you'll kill it!
* Wash at your own risk - we do ;). We recommend washing projects by hand with a mild detergent. Drip dry.
Make sure you remove your power supply first!
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| Model | LilyPad Arduino Main Board |
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| Processor | Atmega168V (low-power version of ATmega168) |
| Dimensions | approximately 2" in diameter - 1/32" thick (approximately 1/8" where electronics are attached) |






