Citrus CNC has created a personal open hardware PCB assembly machine aptly named the SimplePnP. Launched via the Crowd Supply website the project has raised over $28,000 and will soon come to the end ...

The printed circuit board assembly process has undergone revolutionary changes over the past three decades. What once relied primarily on manual component insertion and wave soldering has transformed ...

Open source pick and place machines have come a long way in the past years, but are not necessarily worth the setup time and machine cost if you are only building a few PCBs at a time. [Nuri Erginer] ...

Robotic printed-circuit board (PCB) assembly is not a part of all factories yet, but it’s becoming more common. That is especially the case for companies that want to stay competitive and keep up with ...

As electronic products move from prototyping to mass production, manufacturers must rely on efficient, scalable, and ...

Software automation in PCB assembly. Advantages and disadvantages of software automation in PCB assembly. The PCB assembly (PCBA) process is becoming more complex with evolving market trends such as ...

For years, the PCB manufacturing industry has needed a robust real-time, comprehensive shop-floor communication standard that would include detailed, bidirectional, machine-to-machine communication, ...

As expected Chipsetter has launched a new desktop pick-and-place machine machine via the Kickstarter crowdfunding website with the aim of raising CAD $140,000 over the next 30 days. The Chipsetter ...

Push-Lok printed-circuit-board standoffs eliminate offline swaging common with screw-machine standoffs. When seated, a preassembled drive pin secures Push-Lok standoffs to the chassis. The fastener ...

In the past, it is common for smaller companies and startups to hand solder small quantities of circuit boards in order to fine-tune their PCB designs. As things ramp up and production increased, it ...