App note: How to avoid chipLEDs sticking to cover tape during automated tape-and-reel assembly

Investigative app note from Vishay on preventing too light components from sticking on the cover tape of their reel. Link here (PDF) Vishay’s 0603 LEDs (ChipLEDs) are widely deployed across high-density consumer and industrial electronics. Due to their ultra-compact footprint, these components are frequently integrated into the indicator panels of high-uptime network servers. Contract manufacturers […]

Seeed’s Pick and Place machine

More about Seeed Studio’s new Pick and Place machine: We don’t want to keep pushing our PCBA factory any more. All factories in Shenzhen prefers quantity to keep their machine running, so small orders will take high setup fee and unnecessary lead time. It might take only half day to assemble 100 pcs Bus Pirate but […]

Seeed Studio’s new pick and place machine

Take a look at Seeed Studio’s new pick and place machine. It looks like the board being stuffed is a Bus Pirate v3. Video here. Via the forum. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors Adafruit, Open Source Control Systems, and eHaJo.