Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes:
In the long run, a well done "mural" will add to the whole display's appeal >> >> I agree. How much time do you have to help us? > > How large an area do you wish to cover???
The wall is approx. 15 ft. wide x 10 ft. tall.
I was looking up "circuit board" murals but one that size would cost about $400.
If the specific color you use is too much $$ then I suppose any generic "gold" would do the trick. Again, the point is to evoke, not necessary to exactly replicate.
Copper would CERTAINLY look better than gold, IMO.
I have a list of about 30 items that are all now in your phone. So that's how many traces we would need to make from the edges toward the center.
In my phone?
I have a list of about 30 items that are all now in your phone. So that's how many traces we would need to make from the edges toward the center.
In my phone?
What we're going to do is put pictures around the sides/top of the wall. Each picture is an item that has been basically replaced by smartphones. A smartphone will be in the center. Instead of having a plain white wall, we had the idea to make the wall look like a circuit board, with all the lines from the outside pictures to the center smartphone being traces.
http://www.ceilume.com/accessories/GridTape/Copper/ For the circuit traces
On Mar 9, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes:
In the long run, a well done "mural" will add to the whole display's appeal >> >> I agree. How much time do you have to help us? > > How large an area do you wish to cover???
The wall is approx. 15 ft. wide x 10 ft. tall.
I was looking up "circuit board" murals but one that size would cost about $400.
If the specific color you use is too much $$ then I suppose any generic "gold" would do the trick. Again, the point is to evoke, not necessary to exactly replicate.
Copper would CERTAINLY look better than gold, IMO.
I have a list of about 30 items that are all now in your phone. So that's how many traces we would need to make from the edges toward the center.
In my phone?
http://www.ceilume.com/accessories/GridTape/Copper/
For the circuit traces
Yeah but it's $46/roll. Too steep. Arts/crafts store has tape in all kinds of colors for $3.99/roll. We can find something close. Nobody's answered my question -- I don't have any PCBs handy, but looking at Google Image Search shows only lighter shades of green atop on the dark green backgrounds -- what am I missing?
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
http://www.ceilume.com/accessories/GridTape/Copper/
For the circuit traces
Yeah but it's $46/roll. Too steep. Arts/crafts store has tape in all kinds of colors for $3.99/roll. We can find something close.
Nobody's answered my question -- I don't have any PCBs handy, but looking at Google Image Search shows only lighter shades of green atop on the dark green backgrounds -- what am I missing?
Circuit boards can be single sided or double sided. Single sided have the traces on the back (bottom) only. Double has traces on both. (There are also multiple layers but they aren't visible so it is moot for this conversation.) In either case, there is usually some type of solder mask on the board, a coating that keep solder off the traces except where the components need to be soldered. The mask can be many colors but is quite often green. Bare copper isn't usually visible since it is either masked or soldered. Is that what you are asking?
Bare copper isn't usually visible since it is either masked or soldered.
Is that what you are asking?
Yes, thanks. That is what I thought, but I got confused when Brian suggested the copper color. I have to go out now anyway, so I will see if the store where I bought the lighter/brighter green also has anything copper-colored. Former is more realistic to what people actually see on a circuit board, but the copper color would have better contrast.
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