Circuit Tree

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Circuit Tree

Above, Circuit Tree; below, City Circuits. See more of Wadesboro, NC, artist Joe Liles’ PCB art in his online portfolio. [via nerdstink]

40 thoughts on “Circuit Tree

  1. Sean M Westcott says:

    wow Nice now to make it look cool and do something mmmm I have a plan ….

  2. AndrewS says:

    but is it a circuit?
    or just an etch..

  3. Nolo Promittere says:

    It’s not a circuit – a circuit has to have a closed path to work – that tree has nothing but open ends – not one single closed loop anywhere!

    1. Tim says:

      Dude, its on PCB, thats the point. And not all printed circuits have to be closed, some are just to ground stuff or connect to something.

      1. Nolo Promittere says:

        If it’s just a ground, it’s not a circuit.  If it connects to something, it must connect to at least two points of that thing to qualify as a circuit. 

        1. Gareth Jones says:

          It’s a pun dude. Circuit tree – circuitry. Artsy and cute, not designed for a function. Doesn’t matter if it’s not a circuit, the word play stands because it’s on circuit board, which is fun, imho.

    2. raul herrera says:

      an antenna doesn’t need to have closed ends

      1. Nolo Promittere says:

        an antenna isn’t, strictly speaking, a circuit either It can be connected to a circuit, but it isn’t one in and of itself.

    3. TKA says:

      Did you point that out to your girlfriend?  Oh wait…

      1. Nolo Promittere says:

        Good call!  You are correct, I don’t have a girlfriend – my wife and four kids keep me too busy to socialize (next time, check the link to the name – you might save yourself some embarassment).

  4. Anonymous says:

    nice. just try to compute the RF/bandwidth/radiation-pattern/efficiency of any of those used as an (RFID/bluetooth) antenna.

    1. Jim Messerli says:

      looks like it would be very broad band, maybe a pattern like a dipole if feed from the middle, although it would probably need a bit of tweaking. it would be cool to design an antenna for say a wi-fi antenna to set on a desktop that maybe looked like a tree, but plugged into a laptop to give a better connection.

  5. Alex Varney says:

    It would be nice if the skyline had actual LEDs in it too, or if you could in some way make it an interactive piece of art.

  6. Drew Harwell says:

    It would be much cooler if it did anything.

  7. Duck says:

    Nerds. It’s Art, deal with it

  8. Gareth Jones says:

    Circuit Tree. It’s a pun. Has nobody else noticed that? It doesn’t matter what the title implies – it’s a gag. A circuit board in the lovely pattern of a tree. A circuitry. x

  9. Gareth Jones says:

    Circuit Tree. It’s a pun. Has nobody else noticed that? It doesn’t matter what the title implies – it’s a gag. A circuit board in the lovely pattern of a tree. A circuitry. x

  10. Anonymous says:

    I like how the first one looks like a brain.

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