The Amp Hour

Vapor Phase with Saber Kaygusuz

Listen Later

Welcome Saber Kaygusuz of PCB Arts!

  • PCB Arts has been developing the EdgeKit, a modular platform for AI and vision applications baesd on the nVidia Jetson
  • Saber and team were building robots previously, up through 2017
  • After they encountered software people not understanding hardware, they decided to focus on nvidia jetson
  • They focus mostly on smaller companies
  • Example application is an inspection tunnel in auto manufacturing
  • Use nVidia resources to rebuild camera modules in the kernel
  • They have 6 people on the team and do consulting services in additoin to the products they build
  • 3 month timelines for projects
  • They have been focusing on reinvesting in the business and investing in product development
  • Buying parts 1.5 years ago
  • Complexity of the product determines the percentage of the overall process the design piece is (vs manufacturing / certs / sales)
  • The Vapor Phase One is a prosumer level Vapor Phase reflow machine
  • Chris first encountered Vapor Phase when Jonathan Hirschman of PCB:ng was on the show.
  • Compared to infrared ovens, Vapor Phase doesn't have to worry about scorching or shading components.
  • Normally they are 10K+ euros for oven
  • Safety wise, it's safe as long as the liquid is heated precisely
  • The Vapor Phase One is available in their web store
  • Also available on Mouser for US people (as are most Crowd Supply campaign products). There are 4 distributors in Europe.
  • It was a hassle to get the product certified in the US
  • They targeted a $1500 price, ended up at $5k (still half of most Vapor Phase)
  • The liquid inside the machine is called Galden, which stays at a stable vapor temperature when heated.
  • 1kg lasts 1 year or more.
  • After a bit of time, you need to clean the flux out of the Galden resevoir.
  • There is a post cleaning process based on water cooling built in the system. At 120C, the PCB will come out "dry".
  • PCB Arts has posted on Twitter/their blog about visualizing boards in Blender.
  • They are focused on software improvements for the Vapor Phase machine.
  • Since PCB Arts is based in Nuremberg, they will again be at Embedded World
  • Follow the company and Saber at PCB Arts on their site.
  • Follow Saber on LinkedIn
    • Note: Chris lost his voice at Hackaday Supercon, that's why we had a computer intro!
    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Amp HourBy The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9

    4.9

    226 ratings

    More shows like The Amp Hour

    View all
    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source by Changelog Media

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

    289 Listeners

    This Week in Tech (Audio) by TWiT

    This Week in Tech (Audio)

    3,061 Listeners

    Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

    Security Now (Audio)

    2,009 Listeners

    Software Engineering Daily by Software Engineering Daily

    Software Engineering Daily

    626 Listeners

    Talk Python To Me by Michael Kennedy

    Talk Python To Me

    583 Listeners

    SpyCast by SpyCast

    SpyCast

    1,534 Listeners

    SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast) by Johannes B. Ullrich

    SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

    648 Listeners

    Embedded by Logical Elegance

    Embedded

    190 Listeners

    Smashing Security by Graham Cluley

    Smashing Security

    317 Listeners

    Darknet Diaries by Jack Rhysider

    Darknet Diaries

    8,051 Listeners

    Physics World Weekly Podcast by Physics World

    Physics World Weekly Podcast

    77 Listeners

    Practical AI by Practical AI LLC

    Practical AI

    208 Listeners

    Hackaday Podcast by Hackaday

    Hackaday Podcast

    64 Listeners

    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast by Latent.Space

    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    101 Listeners

    Robinson's Podcast by Robinson Erhardt

    Robinson's Podcast

    265 Listeners