oops, read it too fast, thought he wanted a covering for capsense pads.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014, at 08:03 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:
> Bob, is the shelf liner conductive?
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> What about thin lines of conductive ink in a grid pattern on a clear
> plastic film?
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> Note that some antistatic bags are still insulating but are treated with
> a
> chemical which reduces their tendency to create areas of electric charge.
> The ones which have a metallic sheen to them have a very thin metal
> layer,
> but it is sandwiched between two non-conductive plastic layers and I've
> never been able to, for example, use an ohm meter to pierce through the
> plastic and make contact with the metal film inside. You may have trouble
> making a connection to it.
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> LCDs (not touchscreen LCDs per se, but just regular LCDs) use a very thin
> layer of Indium Tin Oxide to make contact between the segments and the
> edge
> connection, but that must be applied by sputtering so it is not something
> easily done for one-offs.
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> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Bob Blick <bobblick@ftml.net> wrote:
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> > Adhesive shelf liner from the dollar store, comes in rolls.
> >
> > Cheers, Bob
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014, at 07:27 AM, Neil wrote:
> > > Anyone know of a thin transparent material (like a film preferably) t=
hat
> > > can be used as a CapSense touch pad?  Should be low-cost and easily
> > > available for one-offs.  My searches are coming up with touch screens
> > > for LCDs, which is not what I'm looking for.
> > >
> > > Thanks.

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