CMozMaker

🎉 The CMozMaker Foundations Playlist is HERE — and it's the course I wish I'd had when I started.

22 episodes. Five tiers. One complete wearable build at the end.

If you've ever wanted to learn ESP32 but didn't know where to start — or if you've been making for a while but feel like your code is held together with duct tape and hope — this playlist was built for you.

ESP32 for Beginners: Wearable Electronics & Fashion Tech — Complete Course takes you from zero to a battery-powered, touch-reactive, LED wearable built into real fabric. No prior electronics experience required.

Here's what's covered across 22 episodes:

⚡ What a microcontroller is and why the ESP32 is the right chip for wearables
⚡ PlatformIO setup — the professional toolchain from Episode 1
⚡ Voltage, current, Ohm's Law, breadboards, and GPIO — the fundamentals that make everything else make sense
⚡ I2C, SPI, Serial, and WiFi — every communication protocol you'll actually use
⚡ WS2812B NeoPixels — wiring, power maths, animations, and how to sew them into fabric
⚡ Conductive fabric and conductive thread — the materials that make electronics wearable
⚡ Capacitive touch sensing with zero extra components — just wire and fabric
⚡ LiPo batteries, charge management, and on-body safety rules
⚡ Debouncing, state machines, and clean C++ project structure that scales

The capstone build in Episode 22 brings all of it together: NeoPixels, conductive fabric touch pad, LiPo power chain, and a four-state state machine — running untethered, on a garment, from a battery the size of a credit card.

All components — conductive fabrics, WS2812B LEDs, LiPo modules, and more — are available at Tinkertailor.ca 🧵

👇 Start with Episode 1 — link in bio / comments below.

Whether you're a complete beginner, a maker levelling up, or a sewist who's been curious about electronics — this is where you start.

Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're in. I'd love to know where you're starting from.

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

CMozMaker

Get your ePaper on! I have a mini series of projects using an ePaper screen and they are a lot of fun to work with! Have you used them in your projects?

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

It’s been a whirlwind lately — new projects brewing, fresh ideas taking shape, and a brand‑new studio space coming together piece by piece. But behind the scenes, I’ve also been building something special for the maker community.


I’ve been working on a brand‑new application designed specifically for MAKERS, and honestly… I can’t lie… it’s awesome. Like, I can’t believe this didn’t exist already awesome.



This tool is all about making your creative builds smoother, faster, and way more fun. Whether you’re tinkering, prototyping, inventing, or just chasing that “what if” idea at 2 a.m., this software is built to have your back.


And guess what — a full demo video is coming soon.
If you love hands‑on projects, clever workflows, and tools that actually make sense for real makers, you’re going to want to see this.


Stay tuned — this is going to be good.

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3 months ago | [YT] | 1

CMozMaker

It's now 2026!
In 2025 - due to a few factors that I will talk about in April this year - I decided to maximise my efforts to get my content, projects, and hardware fun on YouTube. It's been so rewarding, and I'm loving the engagement. My most memorable part was the live stream that was a bit of a fun disaster 🤓. I had kind people helping me fix my audio feed. That was so supportive and one of the best experiences I've had on Youtube!

🎉 Wow… what a journey! I started this channel back on June 28, 2010 — that’s 5,641 days of creating, sharing, and learning together. #MyYearOnYouTube2025
But - I didn't post regularly or share properly on YouTube. So 2025 is the year that I properly launched!!

Here is a summary of 2025!


✨ This year’s highlight? My top video was “Timer Glove Ensures You Never Miss Your Flight!” — with 8,888 views, 24 likes, 61 hours of watch time, and 85 new subscribers. Thank you for making that project fly!

The project I use the most and just love is the reminder wrist with ePaper. I'll be revisiting this and making one that is more stylish so I wear it more often.


🚀 My first video of 2025 was “Platform IO Getting Started for Arduino & ESP32”, and since then I’ve kept busy replying to 74 comments, hearting 23, and posting 8 community updates — because connecting with you is the best part of this journey.


🌍 Our community is truly global, with amazing viewers from India 🇮🇳, Indonesia 🇮🇩, and Pakistan 🇵🇰. I'd love to see more engagement from Canadians, Americans, and my fellow Brits from when I lived there the last 20+ years!

Most of you tune in between ages 18–44, and I love seeing the activity spike on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.


💡 Thank you for being part of this adventure — whether you’re here for tutorials, projects, or just the fun of making. Here’s to more builds, more ideas, and more shared creativity in 2026!

5 months ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

I filmed a quick behind the scenes of my video coming out this saturday!
Hooking up an OLED and an ESP32 is super quick and fun, we look at the hook up, see some examples, and near the end of the video - I show you a mega fun improvement to take your project to THE NEXT LEVEL!

All code is provided as well as hook up diagrams so you will be well supported in this build.

7 months ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

I've been experimenting with a little ESP32 C3 mini board that has a 5x5 matrix.

In case you missed it - I have a 3 minute build for my quickest and coolest fashion tech piece. I also have a supporting coding video too for it - so I've got you covered for sure! Let me know what other ideas you'd like to see or if there is a challenge we can do together!

You can get this board and support my work at my little fashion tech maker shop Tinker Tailor, based in Canada: www.tinkertailor.tech/product/dazzling-esp32-c3-de… I'm adding new items all the time as long as they are used for making wearable tech! So it has components, to fabrics - everything under one roof for the wearable tech community.

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

One JUST for my subscribers - THANK YOU -10K together!

I've been working hard to release content you'll find interesting, and hopefully build a project from. I want to create tutorials and projects that inspire you to start making too.

Are you struggling with a component or microcontroller board? Unsusre where to start? Need advice for your project? Let me know what you're working on, or what you'd like to see and I'll make a note for a future video for you!

Huge thank you and I am so grateful for you tuning in.

Here is an epaper screen for my next project!

9 months ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

Thanks DFRobot [www.dfrobot.com/] for this amazing UNIHIKER K10 board - I can't wait to make some fabulous projects with it! IoT & AI learning board, with built in sensors, extendable, and a lot of fun.

➡️By the way, DFRobot often offer their products for makers / professionals / students / etc... to experiment with. You only need to visit their website, or subscribe to their newsletter so you don't miss out! Then if you see an offer that you think would be a good fit for you - just apply for the items they are offering.

9 months ago | [YT] | 0

CMozMaker

I've been working on ESP32 circuits for wearables and thought one of the most used circuits is the ESP32 with WS2812b - lights / neopixels. It adds so much fun to your fashion tech projects.

There are three videos you should watch if you're learning how to connect your ESP32 with outputs. One video is about adding light to your esp32 project: https://youtu.be/Wf8HES75ies then this goes a step furthor, and we look at using our phone to alter what we see these lights doing: https://youtu.be/j6XMTufDMRg but if you want to take a step to the start, I look at setting up platformIO for your ESP32 circuits https://youtu.be/FDFxWScKswU

Let me know what else we should look at with our ESP32 circuits! Join me on this journey.

9 months ago | [YT] | 1

CMozMaker

HUGE THANK YOU to My FIRST 500 Subscribers Can We Hit 1000?

I have to say a HUGE thank you to my amazing community for helping me reach 500 subscribers!

I'm so grateful for each and every one of you who have supported me on this journey. As a small token of appreciation, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has subscribed, liked, and commented on my videos.

Let's keep growing together and aim for the next milestone - 1000 subscribers!

Is there content or topics you are very interested in? More soldering, making, project ideas? Do you want to see all the mistakes I make and me talk through how these were fxes? Share your ideas in the comments below!

10 months ago | [YT] | 0