Pick and place

Pick and place machines are used for automatically arranging objects. We are most interested in the variety that places surface mount components on circuit boards. Here's a collection of interesting links...

Our machine

• Frame (complete)
• Control boards
  • using Printrboard controller
  • gcode documentation
• PCB mounts
• Tape mounts
• Software

See also:

• youtube video
• picture gallery

Industrial machines

• high speed SMT [1]
• Flex Picker videos: [2] [3] [4] [5]
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0EKtLOVx4
• another delta picker
• wikipedia:Delta robot

DIY machines

• http://hackaday.io/project/963-300-pick-and-place-3d-printer
• http://code.google.com/p/openpnp/wiki/OpenPnP
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqpbsTfVtM
• http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/11/24/diy-low-budget-manual-pick-place/
• http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/20/diy-pick-and-place/
• http://buildyourcnc.com/PickandPlaceMachineTheredFrog.aspx
• http://hackaday.com/2012/10/29/diy-pick-and-place-builds-boards-is-awesome/
• http://hairyraho.com/home-made-pick-place-smt-machine
• http://tim.cexx.org/?s=pickplace
• http://reprap.org/wiki/Pick-n-Place_Feeders
• https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/diy-smt-pick-and-place-machine.188060/

Soldering

• Arduino Reflow controller
• http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59
• http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/04/01/diy-skillet-soldering-machine/

searches

• http://www.google.com/search?q=pick%20and%20place
• http://www.google.com/search?q=dyi%20pick%20and%20place
• http://www.thingiverse.com/tag:Pick-N-Place