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This is a popular space right now: Voltera: http://volterainc.com/ http://volterainc.com/ Voxel8 Tempo Automation: http://tempoautomation.com/ http://tempoauto

This is a popular space right now: Voltera: http://volterainc.com/ http://volterainc.com/ Voxel8 Tempo Automation: http://tempoautomation.com/ http://tempoautomation.com/ People are realizing that iterating on electronics is painful hence trying to fix it. The interesting part is the market size, unit costs etc. Also ability to do very small pitch ICs. We got so desperate with pick and place that we literally 3D printed a 3D printer adapter combined with our vacuum pump and Pronterface. https://twitter.com/flairvents https://twitter.com/flairvents

newhouseb 12y ago
Woah, nice work with the UM2 pick and place! Do you have any write-ups, resources or even just a BOM?
- dmritard96 12y ago
  Sure, I put the design up on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:528114 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:528114 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GWGUR6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GWGUR6/ref=oh_aui_detai... Pronterface: https://github.com/kliment/Printrun https://github.com/kliment/Printrun It should be noted that we only used this for the tiny pitch QFNs and other small components that we couldn't do by hand, the easier components we did with tweezers. Once we validated the design with a couple boards, we just had a bunch more assembled over in Freemont CA.
  - durkie 12y ago
    thanks for this! that amazon link is for a 50 pack -- is there any reason someone would need more than one? i've just been using tweezers up till now. any chance you have a video of it in action?
    - dmritard96 12y ago
      not sure whats up with the 50 pack, but I see that on image as well. I'm pretty sure its just one. Didn't take a video - wish i had.
doctoboggan 12y ago
Co-Founder of Voxel8 here, our website is: http://www.voxel8.co http://www.voxel8.co I posted some more information about our capabilities in response to someone below. Let me know if anyone has any questions!
bsilvereagle 12y ago
Did you end up finding a 3rd? If not, in February's Who's Hiring in r/hwstartups, feel free to brag a bit about all the awesome stuff you guys do.
- dmritard96 12y ago
  we did end up finding a 3rd. not much of a bragger but certainly love nerdy hacks :)

newhouseb 12y ago

Woah, nice work with the UM2 pick and place! Do you have any write-ups, resources or even just a BOM?

dmritard96 12y ago
Sure, I put the design up on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:528114 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:528114 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GWGUR6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003GWGUR6/ref=oh_aui_detai... Pronterface: https://github.com/kliment/Printrun https://github.com/kliment/Printrun It should be noted that we only used this for the tiny pitch QFNs and other small components that we couldn't do by hand, the easier components we did with tweezers. Once we validated the design with a couple boards, we just had a bunch more assembled over in Freemont CA.
- durkie 12y ago
  thanks for this! that amazon link is for a 50 pack -- is there any reason someone would need more than one? i've just been using tweezers up till now. any chance you have a video of it in action?
  - dmritard96 12y ago
    not sure whats up with the 50 pack, but I see that on image as well. I'm pretty sure its just one. Didn't take a video - wish i had.

doctoboggan 12y ago

Co-Founder of Voxel8 here, our website is: http://www.voxel8.co http://www.voxel8.co I posted some more information about our capabilities in response to someone below. Let me know if anyone has any questions!

bsilvereagle 12y ago

Did you end up finding a 3rd? If not, in February's Who's Hiring in r/hwstartups, feel free to brag a bit about all the awesome stuff you guys do.

dmritard96 12y ago
we did end up finding a 3rd. not much of a bragger but certainly love nerdy hacks :)