3D multimaterial model of an Arduino Uno board. Made by two parts: an STL containing the conductive parts (what would be the copper in a standard PCB) and an stl containing the dielettric ("the board"). The model is complete of drills and vias. If the conductive part was printed with a filament with low enough resistance, the board would be fully functional
This is a work in progress, whose goal is to setup a procedure to 3D print fully functional PCBs. The idea is to print the PCBs with a conductive filament and then copper plate them, in order to get near zero resistance on traces.
I'm currently developing a python library to convert kicad projects to STLs. Once completion I'll release it, free for all. Other makers are working on tuning the electroplating process of 3D printed parts (https://projectquine.substack.com/ ).
I'm releasing the models at this stage to see if someone is willing to try to print it and thus develop a suitable printing profile. The models should be printable using a 0.2 mm nozzle
I'm targeting the prusa mini, with manual multimaterial (i.e. filament swap by hand, https://forum.prusaprinters.org/forum/prusaslicer/manual-multicolor ).
I'll update this description when new information will be available
The author hasn't provided the model origin yet.