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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Reverse Engineering


From: Tobias Platen
Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Reverse Engineering
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 21:19:49 +0100
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On 02/06/2016 09:01 PM, Koz Ross wrote:
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With libre hardware designs, anybody with a 3D printer...


Not really - PCBs aren't something that can be 3D printed, at least not
at the kind of scale that is needed for modern VLSI designs. Like, you
*could* print a PCB, but it would be much, *much* less efficient than
even a ten-year-old (or a *twenty*-year-old) piece of computer
hardware. So while the sentiment is admirable (and I do agree with it),
it's not as simple as you make it sound.


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It is possible to print PCB layouts using a laser printer and use the tone as an etch resist. A 3D-printer could be modified to drill the holes.

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