Printing electronics
The page is an attempt to collect all developments relating to fabricating circuit boards and electronic components.
Circuit boards / Wiring / Traces
See also: Automated Circuitry Making and Plotting.
- In the spring of 2009 Rhys Jones modified the pinch-wheel extruder to drive flux-less solder through a thin tube with a nichrome heater wrapped around it. http://blog.reprap.org/2009/04/first-reprapped-circuit.html
- In the spring of 2010 three students from the University of British Columbia introduced the wire-laying SpoolHead.
- In the winter of 2010-2011, Rhys Jones ran some conductivity tests on dendritic nickel. http://blog.reprap.org/2011/01/conductive-pastes-take-453.html
Inkjetting
Included here as it may be the most effective method of depositing semiconductor material.