Usability Study of Conductive Filament Used for Rapid Prototyping of Interconnect in the Smart Textiles

This paper is focused on designing of new rapid prototyping process for the creation of interconnections for smart textiles. The best conductive FFF 3d printing filament Electrifi was tested. This filament was used for thermal transfer from the printing platform to the textile. The best results were obtained around 30 $\Omega$ to 10 cm length interconnection. Interconnection with this value of resistance can be used in light applications such as a heating path in cloths or as a short power delivery path or data path between components with fine interconnection pads because it is possible to create many high-quality motives with the 3D printer in comparison with embroiling machine.