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There's no way stuff like this will ever be mass produced, but it's actually not that difficult to assemble this. You'd need: - Find components from Mouser/Di
by fellowmartian 4y ago
There's no way stuff like this will ever be mass produced, but it's actually not that difficult to assemble this.
You'd need:
- Find components from Mouser/DigiKey/etc
- Order PCBs w/ a stencil from JLCPCB/PCBWay
- USB-C Mini Hot Plate
- Pinecil/TS100/TS101 soldering iron w/ a set of fine tips
- Soldering paste, regular solder, flux, IPA, old tooth brush, magnifying glass w/ light
- Steady hands
Then you apply solder paste over the stencil to the top side with all the chips, put components on, and reflow on the hot plate. You solder the rest of the components on the back with soldering iron and flux.
Overall the whole set is gonna cost you ~300 bucks (provided the components are not crazy expensive). But you'll have a pretty advanced electronics setup AND an open-source camera.
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoI have done lots of fine pitch SMT hand assembly at home with stencils etc. But I do see this has lots of BGA chips and I'm not sure how easy those are (I've never done them).
- joshspankit 4y agoBGA seems scary, but it’s not bad: with the proper amount of solder it “self-aligns” just like any other SMD component. Even a little more precisely because of all the contact points.
- LoganDark 4y agoAFAIK, reflowing a BGA chip without fucking it up is difficult without a temperature-controlled reflow station.
- circuitvalley 4y agoSoldering BGA is the easiest part, You just need good hotair. While soldering connectors are hardest. They melt , do not self alging and many other problems
- joshspankit 4y agoYeah, reflowing BGA is a whole different beast. You have to completely remove and reapply all solder but then that’s not really “reflowing” that’s just assembling.
- circuitvalley 4y agoI am the Developer behind this camera. I have assembled cameras the exact way you have described. If you buy from mouser and try to make just 1 then Only part would be around 200 USD.
- amelius 4y agoI was wondering about this comment on the article: > IMX335 is also MIPI CSI sensor, So it can be added, I just did a quick search and found sensor itself is not available for purchase but you can buy IMX335 based cameras pretty cheap and get camera sensor out of it. Do you desolder the sensor (and how would you do that)? Or does the sensor still needs to be on its original PCB?
- nimish 4y agoWould be great to see this n a crowdsupply campaign.