Open Source SMT Pick and Place Hardware and Software

[michael_j_ward]

TIL what an "SMT Pick and Place" [0][1] machine is.

Summary: $1000 and with open source hardware and tools, I can make custom computing hardware for your projects.

Seems pretty cool.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFJrbRKUXdc [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick-and-place_machine

[jdiez17]

See also the LumenPnP by Opulo [1]. It’s a fully open source (hardware and firmware) pick and place machine with optical tracking, basically a perfect match for the OpenPnP control software.

[1] https://opulo.io/products/lumenpnp

[IIsi50MHz]

> Minimum Component Size: 0603

I'm stocking mostly 0402. We're shlepping it to various small assemblers, but considering a small PnP for in-house prototypes and as a reserve resource for when the assemblers are overcommitted or have other problems

[OJFord]

It uses OpenPnP, or at least it did, it's been a while since I saw any of the videos ('Stephen Hawes [née the Robot]' on YouTube).

[mNovak]

This is very cool, thanks!

According to the site, it does in indeed run openPnP