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I believe it's in the referenced post

Jet wrote:Probably not much, but I'll dig out the latest when I do another job run (likely next week)

This is the latest (albeit a bit late)

I only use OpenPnP now. But just like LitePlacer, there's a learning curve. I found OpenPnP more capable and easier / logical to use (personally), particularly as bottom vision was a requirement for placing 0402's accurately. Yes, it's very important the top of your PCB, your homing mark, and the to...

It enables the nozzle to detect that a part has been pickup by detecting the change in vacuum of a part attached versus not

Probably not much, but I'll dig out the latest when I do another job run (likely next week)

KeithM: Check the GitHub for the liteplacer software, the change is a Pull request

using the newer stock cameras Juha sent I dont have those problems with openpnp (i did occasionally with the liteplacer software). I can vuew both cameras at once everytime without them missing or getting switched. I run win 10 and dont connect the cameras via a hub. If you’re not using a hub, i sug...

Did send a mail to Yuha yesterday, no reply. Something is wrong. He’s still quite active on Twitter including a post an hour ago, so I wouldn’t jump to conclusions. There could be any number of reasons... a contract, travelling, concentrating on shipping kits etc. In the meantime, switching to the ...

Regarding the vacuum sensor board, are you using the "stock" vacuum pump and solenoid as supplied by Juha? Yes, and just made the the length of tubing to the nozzle a bit longer so I could route the piping over the sensor, then melted a hole in the pipe for the sensor as per the reference...

There were 10 microstep settings in your file, and the machine made horrifying sounds and performed random walks instead of moving. I changed these to 8 microsteps, and now it moves ok. Yes, I use Geckos for X/Y, 10 micro steps is the optimum microstepping ratio for steppers in general, and that's ...