Sustainability in Electronics - Testing Sensors with Polycarbonate Housing (PC) vs Poly Lactic Acid Housing (PLA)

This paper presents the results of an experiment in which we used two temperature and vibration sensors identical to the technical parameters and in one of them we changed the polycarbonate case with a case printed on a 3D printer with a biodegradable material made of poly lactic acid. After the tests the results were very close and considering that PLA is a biodegradable material that is made from renewable resources such as corn starch or sugar cane and is cheaper than polycarbonate it turns out that this is the best solution for making vibration and temperature sensor housings.