News Vapor coating lets Raspberry Pi run under water without slimy or sticky feeling

[Admin]

A vapor coating with Parylene allows electronics such as the Raspberry Pi to function under water.

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[edzieba]

Neat, but you can also dip, spray, or brush boards with regular old conformal coatings (permanent or re-enterable) without the hassle of CVD. Parylene is likely only necessary if you really need its solvent resistant properties.

 

[kaalus]

Can't wait for phones which are a circuit board and bendy screen embedded in a block of soft resin, instead of the flimsy metal+glass shell of today.

A phone like that would be nigh on indestructible. When thrown at a concrete wall, it would just bounce off like a rubber ball. When dropped into the water it would float. It would withstand being submerged to the bottom of the Mariana Trench for years. You could put in on the floor and jump on it for hours with no ill effect.

Of course, it would have no physical inputs or buttons and support esim only.

 

[MeeLee]

Nothing plastidip or a thin layer of epoxy can't do.