We don’t want to keep pushing our PCBA factory any more. All factories in Shenzhen prefers quantity to keep their machine running, so small orders will take high setup fee and unnecessary lead time. It might take only half day to assemble 100 pcs Bus Pirate but has to wait for 3-5 days for the bigger batch ends.
Waited for 2 months, we have our own Pick and Place machine shipped from Germany now! It will be dedicated to 100 pcs NPI (new product integration) manufacture. This will enable us much shorter lead time, less setup fee, and closer quality control. We will open this capability as a service called “Propagate”. It will take a few more months, since we are improving our internal process and building a new site to cater needs. Hope this will enable more prototypes going to pioneering manufacture.
Check this out:
We admire the small PnP machine Adafruit used, but has chosen bs384.htm because it has dealer in China and they could provide in-site support. More pics here:
High Accuracy and high Flexibility for 01005, 0201, 0402, 0603, SOIC,
PLCC, BGA, µBGA, CSP, QFP, up to fine-pitch 0.3mm
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Non-contact Linear Encoder System for high Repeatability and Stability
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Smart Feeder System provides Automatic feeder Position Checking, Automatic Component Counting, Production Data Traceability
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Perfect for small & medium volume Production
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COGNEX® Alignment System “Vision on the Fly”
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Bottom Vision Alignment System for fine pitch QFP & BGA
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Built in Camera System with Auto Smart Fiducial Mark Learning
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Dispenser system
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Vision Inspection before and after production
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Windows 2000 Software
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Universal CAD Conversion
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Placement rate: 4000 CP/H
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Ball Screw Systems in X- and Y-Axes
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Suitable for 128 intelligent Auto Tape Feeder
The SMT Pick & Place Machines of BS384-series were especially designed for small and medium volume batch sizes. BS384-series work very stable and precise, for components 01005, 0201 and µBGA up to fine pitch 0.3mm. Various models are provided for different applications.
BS384 is fully compatible with BS391- and BA683- series and even the feeders are interchangeable. By this means most reliability and easy maintenance for all models is guaranteed. Preloaded Ball Screws with closed loop Servo Motor system provides high Repeatability and Stability.
Additionally, the BS384-series feature COGNEX vision processing and headmounted
for non-contact “Vision on the Fly” alignment.
Are you going to offer the production to your customers?
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Sure, we are preparing it, day and night…
We were just using those board to test the machine. Still learning how to use it.
Are you going to offer the production to your customers?
Fantastic! I can’t wait to have a project assembled with it. Any idea what it will be? Maybe the Bus Blaster v2 🙂 We noticed the Bus Pirate board in the picture yesterday.
That’s bus Pirate indeed. 🙂
Awesome ! Can’t wait to see what 2011 will bring for us all
Congratulations, that is a nice machine. Those things still run Windows 2000 ???
Any info when do you release this service?
Thx
This is just great. Looking forward to propagate.
German technology still seems to have a value somewhere 😀
greetings
Sure, we are preparing it, day and night…
We were just using those board to test the machine. Still learning how to use it.
Are you going to offer the production to your customers?
Fantastic! I can’t wait to have a project assembled with it. Any idea what it will be? Maybe the Bus Blaster v2 🙂 We noticed the Bus Pirate board in the picture yesterday.
That’s bus Pirate indeed. 🙂
Awesome ! Can’t wait to see what 2011 will bring for us all
Congratulations, that is a nice machine. Those things still run Windows 2000 ???