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Even twenty years from now people will not have clean rooms in their garage so 3d printing electronics at home will not happen I guess.
by wlievens 13y ago
Even twenty years from now people will not have clean rooms in their garage so 3d printing electronics at home will not happen I guess.
- georgemcbay 13y agoI do all sorts of shit with electronics at home that wouldn't fly in a manufacturing environment; don't bother with grounding, handle static-sensitive equipment while gliding across a rug, etc. When you're printing or prototyping one-offs for your own use the same rules about quality environments don't really apply. All that aside even in situations where you truly need things to really be clean you don't need an actual clean room, just a 3d printer with a "clean" enclosure within the build volume area.
- greenyoda 13y agoStill, fabricating a chip whose feature size is measured in nanometers takes much more sophisticated equipment than a 3d printer[1] (not to mention some very toxic chemicals that would probably be illegal to use in residential areas[2]). You might be able to make a replica of a 1970s vintage chip at home, but not a modern microprocessor. And you could never make one cheaper than Intel could, with their economies of scale. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabricati... [2] http://www.globalarcade.org/sv/chemical.html http://www.globalarcade.org/sv/chemical.html
- wlievens 13y agoThanks for highlighting this. I was speaking from the image sensor angle but it's probably true for most high performance electronics.