United States
In February, NextFlex® proved manufacturability of a flexible version of an Arduino Mini microcontroller. What is an Arduino? It’s an open source microcontroller-based system for automation and IOT applications, used widely for prototyping and has freely available compilers and hardware extension kits. There are many devices that require flexible form factors that would benefit from this developer tool, but currently Arduino is only available in a rigid format.
The presenter will describe the FHE manufacturing process used in converting the rigid board to an FHE version, and how the results measured up, including the number of process steps required and how the form factor changed in terms of size, weight, and more. Specifically, the presenter will describe how a standard copper flex process has been modified to use a new additive flexible hybrid electronics approach. Finally, the presenter will share learnings from the experience and insight into what’s next at NextFlex.
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