Citrus CNC has created a personal open hardware PCB assembly machine aptly named the SimplePnP. Launched via the Crowd Supply website the project has raised over $28,000 and will soon come to the end ...

Automatic PCB Assembly Machine: SMT Pick and Place Process. Automatic SMT Pick and Place machine picks elements up and then places them onto the motherboard. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to ...

The reasons why it’s best, or perhaps not a good idea, to bring your PCB/SMT assembly in-house. How to select the PCB/SMT equipment you’ll need to get started—stencil printer, pick-and-place machine, ...

Software automation in PCB assembly. Advantages and disadvantages of software automation in PCB assembly. The PCB assembly (PCBA) process is becoming more complex with evolving market trends such as ...

Open source pick and place machines have come a long way in the past years, but are not necessarily worth the setup time and machine cost if you are only building a few PCBs at a time. [Nuri Erginer] ...

Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions, there are major weak spots in the supply chain to which printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers and the businesses and ...

This repository contains the 3D CAD model of a PCB Prototyping and Drilling Machine, designed using FreeCAD. The model is intended for educational purposes, hobbyists, and small-scale prototyping. It ...

This paper considers a material constrained component scheduling problem during the high speed surface mount manufacturing stage in printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, where each piece of board ...