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How conductive? Relatively high-resistance can be worked around for CMOS logic- and MCU-based circuits (mainly high RC constants), but analog that has to be bui
by crb3 13y ago
How conductive? Relatively high-resistance can be worked around for CMOS logic- and MCU-based circuits (mainly high RC constants), but analog that has to be built with high-decade resistances is likely to be noise-prone and flaky, and forget power sections, they'll have to be built on conventional glass-epoxy and hooked up with flex-edge headers.
The lack of a good gas-tight bond between component and conductor is also problematic: silver tarnishes. Silver-clad switch contacts can be made self-wiping, but not static contacts. Absent some kind of hot-weld method, I can just see SMD parts popping off of flex-circuits.
This is a promising start to a new base-level technology, but it's got a ways to go before it's ready for the R&D lab as a tool rather than a patient. I look forward to seeing these issues overcome.