Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 13 12:42:26 EDT 2009 | locostpp
By way of an update. We have the locost machine running. Plenty of stuff left to do BUT we should have it available for Q3/2009. The basic spec is much the same, we have spent *ALOT* of time developing the vision system and calibration mechanism.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 04 07:15:53 EDT 2008 | base
Hi LoCostPP, Sounds to me you are moving towards an Open Source development model. What you might want to do is come up with a robust framework (hardware & software) to which anyone who wishes to take part can develop (and market) their own plugins
Electronics Forum | Thu May 15 06:56:52 EDT 2008 | locostpp
Thanks Sarason, Laser alignment of components was actually our first attempt - it certainly offers speed and accuracy, but purchasing cyberoptics units would blow the budget & getting round their patent not really an option. I've seen the Essemtec
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 04 21:04:33 EDT 2015 | sarason
How high a voltage are we talking , 240 volts, 4000 volts , 26000, volts 60,000 volts, 240 volts is easily done as we go up the scale insulation becomes a bigger problem and winding machines have to be much better in control of tension,also at higher
Electronics Forum | Fri May 16 16:09:10 EDT 2008 | jmelson
Hmm, interesting. My Philips CSM84 weighs 1600 Lbs or so, and it bounces around quite a bit when moving. It doesn't really move very fast, maybe 2 M/sec tops, and 3600 CPH is about all you really get unless the feeder is right across from the compo
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 08:24:18 EDT 2008 | cyber_wolf
Anything that can handle the standard SMT packages of today has to be precision. The machines have to be built rigid, and cannot be made of sub-standard components. I have worked with placement machines since the late 80's. The machines that work th
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 11:40:59 EDT 2008 | vms
Helo Since we had designed a screen printer, we have a good idea of the process. There is one thing that we did that you may want to consider. We were going to sell the printers with a complete list of the components and where the customer could bu
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 12:15:47 EDT 2008 | locostpp
Harry, thanks for your comments. Certainly circuit diagrams where appropriate and mechanical schematics of complex parts like the head would be useful to the end user. We are working hard to eliminate relays and switches from the unit, and things
Electronics Forum | Thu May 15 23:13:26 EDT 2008 | sarason
The Essemtec has a very cheap to manufacture feeder which you could adapt, or try one of the feeders that remove the tape by "ploughing" it off. Can't recall the brand right now. They are well made, but very cheap to make. The laser gets you speed. T
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 04 15:06:35 EDT 2008 | locostpp
Hi Base, I guess your right - due to the complexity of the software we plan on keeping the source code under our control BUT we will not be dongling or protecting it in any other way and we will be publishing the program on our website. We will pub
