I kinda caught this wonderful news about a month ago. This is the latest innovation from JLCPCB, which is the Transparent PCB. Not only is it almost optically clear at 85% clarity, it is flexible as well. Although this is exciting, I’d still need to test it in terms of temperature resistance which I think, there are some potential problems in the second video.
From this video, it seems that although the transparent PCB is able to withstand heat, the 300°C setting on the soldering iron somehow managed to mar the surface around the solder pads. JLCPCB’s claim is that the transparent PCB is able to withstand 200°C. And my tiny reflow heat pad’s temperature is less than 200°C so, it might be good. Then again, I would need to upload a test circuit and get it made just for the sake of testing…
Man, this is going to suck if I ordered it just like that. I need to make a ‘frame’ and make it look artistic. The solid orange represents the clear part while the yellow is the actual copper tracks.
It is a little exaggerated in terms of thickness but yeah, this is how the transparent PCB would look like.
This is how the design looked like on the Eagle PCB, with the Black being the ‘transparent’ part.
Anyway, I merged both sides of the design and then used a dark blue background to represent the ‘transparent’ part. So, this is roughly how the flexible transparent board would look like. I can make it even more realistic but, trying to work on this during normal office hours is not easy. Ha ha.
