Prototype of the ‘world’s first fluid circuit board’ can be physically rewired in less than a minute, startup claims — could make hardware iteration 1,000 times faster than traditional PCB
Posted by sr_local@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Lolmaster300@reddit
yeah but simulation can't catch real world thermal, interference, or manufacturing issues.
randomkidlol@reddit
isnt there already software that can be used to design and simulate a circuit board? for engineering i would assume that would give you even faster iterations than having a physical device.
R-ten-K@reddit
Yeah, but it can be slow and rework still ends up happening. And some intrinsic design bugs or omissions may not show up until the board is done.
this is basically the FPGA of PCBs.
Useful for bring up, esp if it reduced board reworks. But very limited market (not that I expect it to be cheap) mainly prototyping/debug/bringup cycles/teams.
dustomcgee@reddit
Well yes of course you can get faster iterations via software. Emulation of actively developed hardware obviously has its uses as well.
Being able to physically iterate and test hardware quickly as you develop/design boards/PCB sounds like the optimal testing environment though.