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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Another TT idea

From: Alan King <alan@...>
Date: 2004-03-03

mikezcnc wrote:
>
> 1. Inkjet w/conductive ink. SOBs already make that ink but I found
> out that they are making machines that go with it. This will be the
> future of PCB mfr-ing.


Not only that, but the entire product or all but the battery etc. As in
print the plastic case, print the traces, and print the components all as one
solid 3D object. Polymer based transistors etc are slower and much larger than
silicon, but still it'll end up working for a lot of simpler devices.

Alan