When the printed wiring or circuit board was first created in the 1940s, it was done so in part to reduce the increasing complexity of attempting to wire circuits manually. The PCB fulfilled its role ...

In the 80s and 90s, building a professional quality PCB was an expensive proposition. Even if you could afford a few panels of your latest board, putting components on it was another expensive process ...

There have been quite a few DIY pick and place projects popping up recently, but most of them are limited to conceptual designs or just partially working prototypes. [Juha] wrote in to let us know ...

The new pick and place machine series includes desktop, high-speed, multi-functional, LED, DOB, LED lens, and odd-shape models. Designed with advanced technology, they feature intuitive software, ...

Pick-and-place machines have become an essential part of the modern manufacturing environment, offering customizable ways to solve problems and ultimately bolster companies’ bottom lines. Here are 10 ...

Electronic enthusiasts, developers and makers looking for a quicker way to manually build PCB boards may be interested in the Pixel Pump PCB pick and place machine. An open source vacuum pump ...

Anybody who has put together a printed circuit board knows that placing chips on PCBs is always a challenge. In order to be done correctly, it requires that the user practices many times beforehand ...

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Over the past few years, as the ‘maker‘ movement has taken hold, we have seen some spectacular projects emerge from people’s garages — all thanks to the wonder of tools such as 3D printers. Now, after ...

If you spend your time creating prototype PCB boards all small production runs you may be interested in a new open source manual PCB pick-and-place machine specifically created for “PCB artisans” say ...