Making a flexible "neon" t-shirt with LED filaments
A developer shares their experience building a custom neon-themed t-shirt using flexible LED filaments for a company event. The project required careful planning to accommodate the fixed lengths of the LED components.
Why it matters
It demonstrates practical DIY engineering techniques for wearable electronics and creative hardware design.
Earlier this year I had the perfect excuse to experiment with some flexible LED filaments that had been sitting in my “interesting parts” bin for years -- the company I work for was putting on a neon-themed event, so obviously I had to custom-build some LED neon attire! The only problem was this was announced less than a week in advance.... This is how I designed and assembled a wearable neon shirt in just a few days.
A rough parts list, in case you want to try something similar:
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