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Yes. The reprappers are making strides in this direction. There's also conductive ABS plastic. http://www.repraper.com/goods.php?id=172 http://www.repraper.com
by iamwil 14y ago
Yes. The reprappers are making strides in this direction. There's also conductive ABS plastic.
http://www.repraper.com/goods.php?id=172 http://www.repraper.com/goods.php?id=172
http://blog.reprap.org/search/label/Printing%20Conductors http://blog.reprap.org/search/label/Printing%20Conductors
http://blog.reprap.org/2012/04/some-more-printed-circuitry.html http://blog.reprap.org/2012/04/some-more-printed-circuitry.h...
However, you're thinking too far ahead. The current home printers don't have the resolution to print circuits on the scale of a chip. You could probably do it, but the chip would be basic, and quite big and slow.
- potatolicious 14y agoI'm quite willing to settle for just printing PCBs at home. There are low-volume PCB printing services but they are still quite expensive, not to mention slow to turn around. There is a strong space here for a 3D printer to come in.
- pvidler 14y agoMilling seems like a better bet (than printing) for home PCBs without the etching. It's cheaper and more accurate, like this one: http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/imodela-milling-machine-p-1011.html http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/imodela-milling-mach... Downside is that there's no solder resist, so SMT parts would be tricky/impossible to solder. Also the above model only handles tiny boards — something that can do a standard 160x100 mm eurocard would be nice.