What are the rigid-flex PCB applications?
Rigid flex circuits are widely used in many industry area, such as telecommunication, consumer electronics, wearable devices, IoT, robotics, industry automation and control, automotive, medical, aerospace, military etc.
What are the difference between rigid boards and rigid flex circuit boards?
Rigid flex circuit boards are developed on rigid board technologies. It is a combination of flexible circuit boards and rigid boards. So the differences are:
1)flexible material will be used in rigid flex boards but not in rigid boards;
2) rigid FR4 boards are not bendable;
3) They have different usage;
4) The cost of rigid-flex PCBs is much more expensive.