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PCB Batch on the way back :)

Posted by on Nov 30, 2012 in Pick and Place | 0 comments

PCB Batch on the way back :)

 

I made a batch of totally 9 board that I have sent to seeedstudio for production.
Mostly the boards are for my PnP project, I was planing on waiting a few more weeks before sending the batch for production.
But i have to create the camera vision SW/HW function in quite a hurry because i took on the vision implementation as a curse project in school. So I desprately needed the light ring for the camera, aka lighthouse.

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P&P Update: Vision test app

Posted by on Oct 13, 2012 in Pick and Place | 0 comments

P&P Update: Vision test app

I already know that I am going to use some sort of a vision based alignment functions to be able to place component based on captured image.

The first approach is to find any solution that enables camera integration and vision based functions, so I can build my own shape detectors and alignment routines.

Tested many different solutions until i found EmguCV which is a C# wrapper to OpenCV which is a very capable vision platform.

So I did a small app to see if i could do a component pad search function.
And this is the result.

“I really have to switch to English in my videos, Sorry 🙂 “

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Solder Station v2 Board is up and running

Posted by on Aug 29, 2012 in Solder Station V2 | 1 comment

Solder Station v2 Board is up and running

So this is one of the milestones in a project, when the board is up and running and seams to be working as expected.
I am happy !!
But there is still a lot of functions that I have not yet tested, so there is still some time before i can be 100% sure everything is fine and dandy 🙂

The screen layout is just a “test” to see how it can look like.

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Solder Station v2 update

Posted by on Aug 28, 2012 in Solder Station V2 | 0 comments

Solder Station v2 update

Finally I manage to have some time over so I could solder my new solder station pcb boards. There is still a lot to be done before i get

this one up and running as planned , but still this is progress!!
The housing is still under construction, i have finished all cad and cam files.
But there is still a few hours in the workshop left until the housing is

completed.

 

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Solder Station V2 Board delivered

Posted by on Jul 17, 2012 in Solder Station V2 | 4 comments

Solder Station V2 Board delivered

Finally the board has arrived, usually seeedstudio makes the board within a few days, this time is was more then a week before the boards was in production and the shipment was delayed.
The fact that I ordered red board which is less used then the standard green one, may be the reason for the production delay.

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Solder Station V2 Housing Cad

Posted by on Jul 3, 2012 in Solder Station V2 | 0 comments

Solder Station V2 Housing Cad

Some time ago I could not even imagine I was able to make such neat things as a custom housing like this, so I am really glad know the right person that enables me to create more then just the electronic part of a project.
This enables me to create the whole project in a professional way instead of just the electronics.

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