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I think the electronics and electronics fabrication industry is ripe for major disruption in 2019. The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication.

Electronics is also kind of exciting right now in particular. The open hardware community while in it's infancy still, is growing rapidly. Notably, the ESP32 platform has allowed home brew IoT technology to grow very rapidly as it brings a processor and Wi-fi to a chip for less than $5.



>The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight, and that will change the way we think about electronics in fabrication.

That's an interesting thought. But where would this lead us?


> The end of copper clad fiberglass boards are in sight

Where can I read more about that? My google searches have not been fruitful.



interesting. Thanks!


The other approach is through a copper ink such as this one: http://copprint.com/


This looks cool and could be a much easier solution than the aforementioned laser/printing setup. Judging from the website though it doesn’t look like they have a product ready to go, is that true, and are there any alternatives? It would be nice if there was a filament I could just plug into my 3D printer and start using :p


I think googling "conductive" plus one of "3d filaments" or "t-shirt ink" or "epoxy" or "resin" or "nail polish" or "paint" is a good place to start.

I believe that company will probably sell the ink by the barrel full for industrial fabricators.




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