Ballpoint pen comes with ink to draw electronic circuits

        The company's proposal Electroninks Incorporated is to end the assay plates generally used by enthusiasts and electronics professionals. Of course, the audacity of the proposition is impossible from an electrical point of view, but the pen they have created in the laboratory is at least interesting.

      The circuit scribe pen is made of a water-based material and is encapsulated in a ballpoint pen. It is designed to conduct electricity and the idea of the company is that you draw the circuit you want to test and attach the electronic elements directly on paper. As is necessary a little patience to position the circuits on the paper, the company also developed small circuits with magnets that take advantage of the magnetic properties of the new paint. 

      That is to say that it has long been competitors, including wall paint so with magnetic properties (someone thought about doing an LED circuit on the wall?). The project is in the collective funding site Kickstarter and already has far outstripped its goal of $ 85,000. An interesting use suggested for the pen is the electronic education for children.

Video. Circuit Scribe

By Rosana Ribeiro