The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

#686 – A Benchtop Pick and Place with Stephen Hawes

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Welcome, Stephen Hawes!

  • Chris interviewed Stephen back in 2020 for his second episode of The Contextual Electronics Podcast. It was when Stephen was still working at Formlabs and the Lumen/Opulo were a glimmer in his eye.
  • The Lumen v4 is a Benchtop Pick and Place machine that works with OpenPNP
  • Where are we in relation to reprap?
  • Powered feeders
  • Videos about eeprom
  • KiCad pos file
  • Can reliably place 0402
  • Lumen v4 product page
  • Motherboard of v4
  • Running Marlin FW
  • Head has two heads/nozzles
  • Compare the Lumen to other methods (hand placed, paying for assembly)
  • OHM (Open Hardware Manufacturing) podcast
  • What industries are open?
  • Thea Flowers (of Winterbloom synth fame) just joined the team
  • Microscope
  • Other tools
  • Space constraints
  • Stephen does a great job talking through many experiments and upcoming features on his youtube channel
  • Prototyping PCBs with a fiber laser 
  • Micronix
  • Making PCBs on a 3D printer (hack session with Stephen’s former employer)
  • Timon (Skerutsch) makes double sided PCBs by inserting enameled wire through drilled holes

    • Is this the year you should get a Pick and Place? Stephen won’t say yes (but I will)

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