It's a very resistive material at small geometries the material properties can be found in the link in the description. Nevertheless if you make somewhat wider parts you can go the range of 100-1k ohm so you can really shape the sensor to your needs by changing its shape. How many volts and amps depends on the resistance the voltage drop in the material x the current through it is the power loss in the material there you can calculate with time how machine energy is pumpt into the material so how many degrees it will get warmer. This does melt around the same temp of nikjaflex TPU but you can find that in the description. Perhaps more experiments could be a good idea :)
the diferance may have come from the cales losing and gaining connection not the strech iys self strech it but without pulling the wires. if this is still the same it has great potentioal
I've also done some tests with the conductors mounted to a rigid Island isolating the contacts interference as much as possible. The result is still the same. That print was an E-TPU track inside some normal TPU. I could not find the footage for this video :(
@@PattysLab my theory is, when you stretch it the infill in the print is compressed together by the perimeter of the print, making a better connection throuhout. only mentioned it because you say in your video that it getss dimmer when you stretch it. it does the opposite
@@colebz420 the contact pads also need to be fixed in place in order to get a much more reliable result I've done a lot of research regarding this in my university. And your theory certainly makes sense this material needs more research to be understand better :)
Maybe you can put a piece of thin metal in between the layers for a connection. Solder pad or a through hole for nut and bolt. Couple small holes on the side that is in the print so it can "lock " into place. Dual filament printer and being able to imbed electrical circuits/components into a print is exciting. Just sharing my thoughts.
3d printed 3d circuits... cool. I wonder how long til we get some semiconductor filaments?
How many amps+volts can it take before it melts or ignites
wondering the same thing... is there an amperage rating? what voltage is it good for?
It's a very resistive material at small geometries the material properties can be found in the link in the description. Nevertheless if you make somewhat wider parts you can go the range of 100-1k ohm so you can really shape the sensor to your needs by changing its shape. How many volts and amps depends on the resistance the voltage drop in the material x the current through it is the power loss in the material there you can calculate with time how machine energy is pumpt into the material so how many degrees it will get warmer. This does melt around the same temp of nikjaflex TPU but you can find that in the description. Perhaps more experiments could be a good idea :)
the diferance may have come from the cales losing and gaining connection not the strech iys self strech it but without pulling the wires. if this is still the same it has great potentioal
I've also done some tests with the conductors mounted to a rigid Island isolating the contacts interference as much as possible. The result is still the same. That print was an E-TPU track inside some normal TPU. I could not find the footage for this video :(
Looked like the Brightness went up when you stretched it.
The contact wires did not have the best connection that perhaps why 🤔
@@PattysLab my theory is, when you stretch it the infill in the print is compressed together by the perimeter of the print, making a better connection throuhout. only mentioned it because you say in your video that it getss dimmer when you stretch it. it does the opposite
@@colebz420 the contact pads also need to be fixed in place in order to get a much more reliable result I've done a lot of research regarding this in my university. And your theory certainly makes sense this material needs more research to be understand better :)
Maybe you can put a piece of thin metal in between the layers for a connection. Solder pad or a through hole for nut and bolt. Couple small holes on the side that is in the print so it can "lock " into place.
Dual filament printer and being able to imbed electrical circuits/components into a print is exciting. Just sharing my thoughts.
@@colebz420 yeahs that sound's great good suggestions!
At level of the real star trek, welcome to federation earth! alliance. lol
Hmm, it has potential. Geddit? Potential... when you stretched it? 😉
*I'll get my coat. 😁
It wasn't hard to resist laughing.
Ohm my goodness these puns are bad
@@limboxis1022 You must have used inductive reasoning to come up with that response.