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Re: PCBs without any etchant chemicals

2003-11-15 by johnman_001

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "suri_list" <suri_list@y...>
wrote:
> Is there a way to make PCBs at home without any etchant chemicals ?
> Thanks

Perhaps not necessarily at home yet, but I was reading in "Electronic
Design" (a trade magazine I get at work) about Xerox working on a
semiconductor inkbased on a poly compound that can be used to print
electronic patterns.

Supposedly, they can actually "print" working transistors (however,
slower and larger than the silicone counterparts).

This will be an emerging technology, but it isn't quite ready for
prime time. In the mean time, without chemical etching, one could
still:

1. mechanically etch (milling)
2. wire wrap
3. simply solder the components together (make modern art) ;)
4. use your imagination....

Of course, some of these aren't PCBs.....oh well...

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