Timeline for Making conductive traces for capacitive touchscreens
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| Oct 23, 2015 at 17:16 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | If copper foil is available to the OP, I'd clearly prefer it over alu tape. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | HighInBC | Copper foil adhesive tape is fairly common. I get it from a popular auction site. It can even be found in gardening stores as people use it to discourage slugs. Make sure you get the pure copper stuff though. Aluminium will be problematic not just because it can't be soldered but because its oxide layer is an insulator. Copper tarnish still conducts, though not as well. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 12:35 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | Aluminum tape may be easier to find, also in adhesive form. You won't be able to solder to it though. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 2:54 | history | answered | HighInBC | CC BY-SA 3.0 |