palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer) (09/15/90)
Here's an idea that I'm putting out into the public domain. (Probably
somebody has already patented it anyway.)
Fill a deskwriter cartridge with conducting ink, and use it to draw
one-off printed-circuit boards. Use surface mount components so that
you don't have to drill any holes, and you've got a (one-sided)
PC board manufacturing system.
All it takes is the right kind of ink, and projects sufficiently simple
that one-sided boards work. (Or a way of laying down intermediate insulating
layers with the deskwriter.)
That's my great idea, I'll leave the implementation up to you, after
all that's the easy part :-).
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David Palmer
palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu
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Meanwhile, on eng.string.floss, the waxed vs. unwaxed flamewar continues.