Wearables / FLORA
FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. It's a round, sewable, Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed to empower amazing wearables projects. FLORA comes with Adafruit's support, tutorials and projects. Check out dozens of FLORA tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System, with more added every week by our dedicated wearables staff.
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We're bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured on Wearable Wednesday!
Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new products in the FLORA family.
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FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible - v3
Product ID: 659FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. It's a round, sewable, Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed to empower amazing wearables projects.FLORA comes with Adafruit's support, tutorials and projects. Check out dozens of FLORA tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System, with more added all the time! The FLORA is small (1.75" diameter,...$14.9544 in stock -
Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 1200mAh
Product ID: 258Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 1200mAh for a total of about 4.5 Wh. If you need a larger battery, we also have a 2500mAh+ model The batteries come pre-attached with a 2-pin JST-PH connector as shown and include...$9.95In stock -
Flora RGB Smart NeoPixel version 3 - Pack of 4
Product ID: 1260What's a wearable project without LEDs? Our favorite part of the Flora platform is these tiny smart pixels. Designed specifically for wearables, these updated Flora NeoPixels have ultra-cool technology: these ultra-bright LEDs have a constant-current driver cooked right into the LED package! The pixels are chainable - so you only need 1 pin/wire to control as many...$6.50In stock -
Adafruit Micro Lipo - USB LiIon/LiPoly charger - v2
Product ID: 1304Oh so adorable, this is the tiniest little lipo charger, so handy you can keep it any project box! Its also easy to use. Simply plug in the gold plated contacts into any USB port and a 3.7V/4.2V lithium polymer or lithium ion rechargeable battery into the JST plug on the other end. There are two LEDs - one red and one green. While charging, the red LED is lit. When...$5.95In stock -
Stainless Thin Conductive Thread - 2 ply - 23 meter/76 ft
Product ID: 640After months of searching, we finally have what we consider to be the ultimate conductive thread. It's thin, strong, smooth, and made completely of 316L stainless steel. Once you start working with this thread you'll quickly agree its optimal for any wearables work! This thread is 2 ply, a little thicker than every day polyester or cotton thread but still thin enough...$6.95In stock -
Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12)
Product ID: 1008Connect this to that without soldering using these handy mini alligator clip test leads. 15" cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 12 pieces in 6 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our Large alligator clip set, these...$3.95In stock -
JST-PH Battery Extension Cable - 500mm
Product ID: 1131By popular demand, we now have a handy extension cord for all of our JST PH-terminated battery packs (such as our LiIon/LiPoly and 3xAAA holders). One end has a JST-PH compatible socket, and the other end has a matching plug. Between the two, 500mm of color coded wire. Handy for wearable projects where you may want the battery pack far from your Flora but useful in...$1.95In stock -
Tactile On/Off Switch with Leads
Product ID: 1092Squeeze once to turn on, squeeze again to turn off! This clicky switch makes a great power switch or mode toggler. We like this switch because it's easy to embed in a seam for easily powering up/off wearable and fabric projects. Can handle up to 14V and 2 Amps! This is a really satisfying switch. As of May 20th, the dimensions of this switch are: Length of wires:...$3.95In stock -
3 x AAA Battery Holder with On/Off Switch and 2-Pin JST
Product ID: 727This battery holder connects 3 AAA batteries together in series for powering all kinds of projects. We spec'd these out because the box is slim, and 3 AAA's add up to about 3.3-4.5V, a very similar range to Lithium Ion/polymer (Li-Ion) batteries and have an on-off switch. That makes them ideal for use with 3.3V projects that have a 2-pin JST connector meant for one...$1.95In stock -
Stainless Thin Conductive Yarn / Thick Conductive Thread - 30 ft
Product ID: 603This 316L stainless steel thread falls somewhere between a thick thread and a thin yarn. Most sewing machines wouldn't be happy with this thread since its thick, and it has the 'furry' soft feel of yarn which makes it poor for most e-textiles/wearables projects. However, the high conductivity and softness make it a great thread for making iPhone gloves! Sew a couple...$4.50In stock -
Short Wire Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12)
Product ID: 1592Connect this to that without soldering using these handy mini alligator clip test leads. Approximately 4.5" overall cables with alligator clip on each end, color coded. You get 12 pieces in 6 colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our Large...$3.95In stock -
Sewable Snaps - 5mm Diameter - Card of 24
Product ID: 1126The small 5mm size of these tin-plated brass snaps means they fit perfectly on Flora's pads! Snaps make a great connector for wearables-- solder one side to the board and sew the other to your project with conductive thread! This card comes with 24 complete snaps (socket and stud pairs). Some discoloration may occur during soldering. These snaps are washable,...$3.95In stock -
GEMMA Talking Toy Guts Sound Pack
Product ID: 1759Mod your stuffed toy to chirp, meow, or woof! This GEMMA parts pack makes it easy to add simple sounds to any plush toy, and especially the Sew-Your-Own Owl Kit (not included!) A tilt ball switch is used to trigger GEMMA to play a sound of your choosing (or write your own) through a small speaker, amplified by a transistor. This product includes: 1x Adafruit Gemma...$19.9527 in stock -
Magnetic Pin Back
Product ID: 1170These magnetic pin backs have two pieces: a metal bar with adhesive strip and a plastic piece with two strong rare-earth magnets. Affix the metal bar to your FLORA projects-- it's just the right size! Then attach your FLORA project to any garment without poking holes in your clothes. The magnets are strong enough to hold up even a hefty circuit! We recommend against...$1.9549 in stock -
Needle set - 3/9 sizes - 20 needles
Product ID: 615Mighty needles, sew like the wind! This needle set is the only one you'll need for any sort of hand sewing, especially using our conductive thread and wearable electronics parts. Each pack contains 20 gold-eye sharps, with eye sizes ranging from #3 (1.75" long) to #9 (1.35" long). The two #3's (the largest) are too large to pass through the sewable coin cell holder...$1.9551 in stock -
Flora Sewable 3-Pin JST Wiring Adapter
Product ID: 2566This product's about as simple as a cup of lemonade on a hot summer day. And, like lemonade, it's just three components! This board is a sewable adapter with a 3-pin JST wiring adapter. It's a perfect way to add a simple link between things like our Flora NeoPixels and more complicated products like our NeoPixel Rings. There are three holes on the board that are...$1.95In stock -
Lithium Ion Battery - 3.7V 10050mAh (10 Ah)
Product ID: 5035Lithium-ion (also known as 'liion' or 'li-ion') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 10,050mAh (a.k.a 10 Ah) for a total of about 37 Wh. If you don't need as much power, we also have several mAh variations of LiPoly & LiIons. This pack uses higher-density 18650 cells...$29.95In stock -
Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 12 Pieces
Product ID: 3255For bread-boarding with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long strands of alligator clips that are grabbing little wires. These compact jumper cables have a premium male header on one end, and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Flora, Circuit Playground, micro:bit, Gemma, or...$7.9512 in stock -
Circuit Playground Classic
Product ID: 3000Would you like to learn electronics, with an all-in-one board that has sensors and LEDs built in? Circuit Playground is here - and it's the best way to practice programming on real hardware with no soldering or sewing required! This is the Classic version of Circuit Playground, which comes with an ATmega32u4. It's designed to be used with Arduino IDE and code.org CS...$19.95In stock -
Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces
Product ID: 3448When working with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these handy cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long, cumbersome strands of alligator clips. These compact jumper cables have a premium male header on one end and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Flora, Circuit Playground, micro:bit, Gemma, or even a banana, and...$3.95In stock -
Small Alligator Clip to Female Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces
Product ID: 4304When working with unusual non-header-friendly surfaces, these handy cables will be your best friends! No longer will you have long, cumbersome strands of alligator clips. These compact jumper cables have a premium female header on one end and a grippy mini alligator clip on the other. Grab onto your Circuit Playground, micro:bit, CRICKIT, Gemma, or even a banana, and...$3.95In stock -
Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (Set of 18)
Product ID: 3447Connect this to that without soldering using these mini alligator clip test leads. 15" cables with alligator clip on each end in six colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter, so we don't have to hold the probes in place, or with wearable projects, or for quick prototyping with big-pad circuit boards...$5.95In stock -
Bolt-On Kit for Circuit Playground, micro:bit, Flora or Gemma
Product ID: 4103You have a Circuit Playground Express, and want to connect some wires to it for adding LEDs or sensors or speakers? You can use our nice alligator clips, but they are a little bulky. If you aren't quite ready to solder to your Playground, try this simple but effective bolt kit. In this kit comes: 6 x M3 5mm machine steel screws. 6 x M3 zinc-plated steel hex nuts...$1.5038 in stock -
Small Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 6)
Product ID: 4100Connect this to that without soldering using these small alligator clip test leads. 18" long cables with color-coded alligator clips on both ends. You get 6 pieces in 6 unique colors. Strong and grippy, these always come in handy! We often use these in conjunction with a multimeter so we don't have to hold the probes in place. Compared to our large alligator clip...$2.95In stock -
Silver Pin Back with Foam Adhesive
Product ID: 2838This little Silver-color Pin with Foam Adhesive is the perfect way to attach any PCB or small component to cloth material. The adhesive forms a solid but not permanent bond for a strong reliable hold. The pin also has a handy little locking mechanism to keep the pin from unlatching from friction. If you are working with wearables be sure to keep a handful of these...$0.7538 in stock -
Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 150mAh
Product ID: 1317Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 150mAh for a total of about 0.6 Wh. If you need a larger battery, we have a full range of bigger cells The batteries come pre-attached with a genuine 2-pin JST-PH connector as shown...$5.95Out of stock -
FLORA Budget Pack
Product ID: 1405Get started with the fabulous Adafruit Flora platform with this lovely budget kit, just enough to get you started with this fun wearable computer. Included are enough parts to make your first wearable electronic project. There's a Flora motherboard, four ultra-bright chainable RGB pixels, a 3xAAA battery holder and batteries, a battery extension cable, our high...$39.95Out of stock -
Stainless Medium Conductive Thread - 3 ply - 18 meter/60 ft
Product ID: 641After months of searching, we finally have what we consider to be the ultimate conductive thread. It's thin, strong, smooth, and made completely of 316L stainless steel. Once you start working with this thread you'll quickly agree its optimal for any wearables work! This thread is 3 ply, thicker than every day polyester or cotton thread but still thin enough to be...$9.95Out of stock -
Circuit Playground Express Advanced Pack
Product ID: 2769Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. You can now start your journey with Microsoft MakeCode block-based or Javascript programming. If...$99.95Out of stock -
FLORA Sensor Pack
Product ID: 1458Sense the world around you! The FLORA Sensor Pack includes many types of sensors for your wearable enjoyment. Sense motion, direction, color, light levels, touch, and connections with FLORA sensor breakouts and conductive materials, and a few NeoPixels for experimenting with displaying your sensor information. Take your project portable with the included battery pack...No longer stocked -
Flora Wearable Ultimate GPS Module
Product ID: 1059This module is the best way to add a GPS to your wearable project. It's part of the Adafruit Flora series of wearable electronics, designed specifically for use with the Flora motherboard. Installed on the PCB is the latest of our Ultimate GPS modules, a small, super-thin, low-power GPS module with built-in data-logging capability! This module's easy to use, but...No longer stocked -
FLORA GPS Starter Pack
Product ID: 1090Get started with the fabulous Adafruit Flora platform with this lovely starter kit. Included are plenty of parts to make a few different fun projects! There's a Flora motherboard, a GPS module that can also perform location datalogging, eight ultra-bright chainable RGB pixels, a battery holder and batteries, two types of our high quality stainless steel thread,...No longer stocked -
Flora Color Sensor with White Illumination LED - TCS34725
Product ID: 1356Discontinued - you can grab this Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic instead! Your electronics can now see in dazzling color with this lovely color light sensor. We found the best color sensor on the market, the TCS34725, which has RGB and Clear light sensing elements. An IR blocking filter, integrated on-chip and localized...No longer stocked -
FLORA 9-DOF Accelerometer/Gyroscope/Magnetometer - LSM9DS0 - v1.0
Product ID: 2020Add motion, direction and orientation sensing to your wearable FLORA project with this high precision 9-DOF sensors. Inside are three sensors, one is a classic 3-axis accelerometer, which can tell you which direction is down towards the Earth (by measuring gravity) or how fast the board is accelerating in 3D space. The other is a 3-axis magnetometer that can sense...No longer stocked -
USB cable - A/MiniB - 3ft
Product ID: 260This here is your standard A-miniB USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for connecting a PC to your Teensy v2, USB Lipo charger w/Mini B connector, among other things. Approximately 3 feet / 1 meter long Color may vary!No longer stocked -
Flora Lux Sensor - TSL2561 Light Sensor - v1.0
Product ID: 1246Add light-reactive sensing to your wearable Flora project with this high precision Lux sensor. The TSL2561 luminosity sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Compared to low cost CdS cells, this sensor is more precise, allowing for exact lux calculations and can be configured for different gain/timing ranges to...No longer stocked -
Flora Wearable Bluefruit LE Module
Product ID: 2487Would you like to add powerful and easy-to-use Bluetooth Low Energy to your wearable FLORA project? Heck yeah! With BLE now included in modern smart phones and tablets, its fun to add wireless connectivity. So what you really need is the new Adafruit Flora Bluefruit LE! The Flora Bluefruit LE makes it easy to add Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity to your Flora. Sew 4...No longer stocked -
Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA Book Pack
Product ID: 2404Pickup a copy of Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA and then hit the ground running with everything that you need to become an Adafruit FLORA supreme being! This pack is perfect for somebody interested in the wide world of wearable electronics and Adafruit's tiny FLORA board. Pack includes: 1x Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA book. 1x FLORA - Wearable electronic...No longer stocked -
Flora UV Index Sensor - Si1145 Light Sensor
Product ID: 1981Your wearable can now keep you from getting sunburnt, with the Flora digital UV index sensor. We took our popular SI1145 UV index sensor and cut out everything you don't need for using with a Flora. It's small, round, and connects to the I2C bus pads. Flora can even use our library code to get calibrated light level and UV index data from the sensor. Please note:...No longer stocked -
Flora RGB Smart NeoPixel version 1 - Pack of 4
Product ID: 1060Please note, this is the last batch of the V1 Neopixels we are making, please do not purchase the old version unless you have an older project with V1 pixels and you need the pixels to match! We will only be carrying V2 pixels after this batch runs out What's a wearable project without LEDs? Our favorite part of the Flora platform is these tiny smart pixels. Designed...No longer stocked -
Colorful Clips - Tropical Alligator Test Clip Leads - 10 Pieces - 13" long
Product ID: 5152Designed by Making & Hacking extraordinaire Lee Cyborg, these colorful clips are a nice switch-up from the standard colors. Connect this to that without soldering using these Hot GitHub Summer alligator clip test leads that look perfect for a beachfront environmental-sensing project. 13" long cables with alligator clips on each end, color-coded. You get 10 pieces...No longer stocked
