Mastodawn

Nicholas Weaver Jan 20, 2023

One of the often ignored but substantial things 3D printers buy is the ability to quickly make custom jigs.

How am I going to assemble this test board of mine with 0402 components WITHOUT going crazy (i hope)?

I got an additional solder-mask template that is actually for placing the parts themselves, and printing a jig to hold it on yet be easy to remove without disturbing the parts.

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Mark Jan 20, 2023

@ncweaver
A 3D printer is really pretty similar to a pick and place machine ...

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Nicholas Weaver Jan 20, 2023

@zl2tod I wish...

I'd love it if someone made a desktop pick & place machine...

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Batz Jan 21, 2023

@ncweaver @zl2tod https://youtu.be/InALPtKrGXU they do!

Using The LumenPnP In Production!

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Batz Jan 21, 2023

@ncweaver @zl2tod it’s open source, fairly modular, and looks like it’d work for your project. If the board is as funky looking as that outline, you might need a carrier board to push it through one after another, or just do 1 at a time.

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Nicholas Weaver

@andrewbatz @zl2tod Nice.

But TBT I don't have the budget either... But if I was and could get $10k from someone for setting up a student electronic fabrication lab, I'd certainly include it, although really I'd want something that can do 0201...