Bored with having to pick up every component with tweezers, and having them always fall off at unfortunate moments. Build a manual pick ‘n’ place machine. Basically it’s a suction cup on X and Y movable axis, with a USB camera attached for higher precision.
If you are dealing with tiny SMD parts (e.g. 0402 resistors and capacitors), a manual pick and place machine is a helpful piece of equipment for prototyping and small-batch manufacturing. On the other side, traditional SMD placement using precision tweezers not only requires an ultra-steady hand but also becomes a tiresome drill, especially when working long hours upon fine-pitch PCB footprints.
Yes, must be a low news day ;-)
Haven’t I seen this somewhere? ;) http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/11/24/diy-low-budget-manual-pick-place/
Sorrry, bout that, I was internet starved in china when this post went live, so I completely missed that it was already done, sorry.