Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 08 21:01:23 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| In our continued search for another flex machine, we reconsidered Philips | Emerald (low Vol/high mix Mfg). We already have a CSM so it makes a little sense. Then the salesman started talking about the Topaz. The Topaz supposedly is "practically th
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 17:58:11 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | HI EVERYONE, | | | WE JUST BOUGHT 6 FCM MACHINES AND ARE HAVING | | | A NUMERIOUS AMOUNT OF DOWN TIME COMPARED TO | | | OUR 5 LINES OF FUJI EQUIPMENT.IS ANYONE HAVING | | | BAD EXPERIENCE WITH PHILIPS FCM ETC? | | | | | | WHAT PROBLEMS ARE
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 10:18:50 EDT 1998 | smd
| | | | In our continued search for another flex machine, we reconsidered Philips | | | Emerald (low Vol/high mix Mfg). We already have a CSM so it makes a little sense. Then the salesman started talking about the Topaz. The Topaz supposedly is "pra
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 03:13:15 EDT 2007 | Base
As far as I know you can still get support on the regular and the X-type Emeralds. Apart from the operating system the differences are not that big between those and the X2-type, I think the output and accuracy would be better and maybe there's some
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 25 10:55:01 EDT 2015 | emanuel
We are using a Comet chipshooter complemented by an Emerald for more complex parts. Both are old but true workhorses, for our small batches are more than enough. There is one annoying thing with the Comet and the 2 tables method when it comes to fidu
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 15:03:27 EST 2019 | richardcargill
If you've formatted the pcmcia / CF card then it'll be blank and have no DOS or anything as it acts as the hard drive for the machine. A DOS diskette formatted with /S will boot from the floppy drive, then allowing software installation with the orig
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 26 14:13:55 EST 2007 | wayne123
I am not completely sure why it would tell you "board will not be populated" and then build it anyway, but if the only difference between the two programs (working one, not working one) is the fiducials are smaller, did you try reducing the search ar
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 12 14:19:23 EST 2010 | deltaservices
Hello Andrew, For programming a single Topaz or Emerald you need only the Cad2cad 1.5 (Freeware) With this program you can generate a VIOS.TXT file based on your position data. You import this in the machine and add your component and Fiducial d
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 09 19:05:45 EST 2010 | alexmiri
At the company I work with we have some Phillips Sapphire and Emerald machines, I work at the IT department, Production is asking me if there is a way instead of using floppy's put a converter and use USB, or even better is there a way to put the mac
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 16:59:49 EDT 2021 | compit
Hello. I want two elements to be PERMANENT at the back (e.g. position 107 and 114) and the rest at the front. Unfortunately optimization always "adds" other elements to the rear, even though I choose the preference at the front. Setting elements as "
