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Software is mostly set up, but I realised I need some actual hardware to test with :) My own design is still a pile of extrusions and some SCAD models which need a lot of work. I spent some time getting my 3D printer working nicely again in order to print new parts. But that was all taking time, so ...

The design you posted is from here http://tim.cexx.org/?p=803 It's experimental, not sure if it ever saw practical use. It looks rather problematic to me, I can see the tape jamming a lot. It also doesn't deal with cover tape, which is an issue. I think that would work ok, if you only want one or tw...

I had a bad cold, so progress was paused for a bit. I now have all the parts together and will look at it this week. God bless you. I would have made you a lemon and orange juice if I was near you! :mrgreen: Looking forward to hear from you. How very kind of you! Sounds very nice. Hopefully that is...

I had a bad cold, so progress was paused for a bit. I now have all the parts together and will look at it this week.

Good news! I've been looking at TinyG and there is a new "g2" version of software which runs on Arduino Due, and there has been some work done to get it to run with RAMPS-FD, which has up to 6 axes. A clone Due and RAMPS-FD can be bought for about £30 on ebay, although the quality of the G...

I took a closer look at Liteplacer software and GRBL. The Liteplacer sw seems to have several dependencies on the JSON status reports, how much of that is essential to operation or just nice to have I haven't studied yet. I think it would be fairly straightforward to add an abstraction layer between...

The problem with GCode is that it is a file format, not a comms protocol. So there is no standard for how a controller should respond to commands. In Reprap, the controller replies with "OK" (or an error message). "OK" means that the command has been queued for execution, but pro...

Thanks for your feedback ! I will try to incorporate them into my design. I am planning to develop this independently so that you can concentrate on Liteplacer. To help with tape alignment, I will try some plastic spaces with a slight spring to them. I've made several refinements to the autofeeder d...

Auto feeder concept I quickly sketched up a concept diagram for auto feeder, derived from V Besmens PPF auto feeder. Not shown are microswitches for detecting tape position, take up spools for cover tape, electronics board, external connectors https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/16496467235_c2c6960...

Approach #2: automated feeder This idea is based around a combination of the Versatronics feeders and V Besmans auto feeder for his PP4 machine. Versatronics feeder, 10 x 8mm channels https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/16309023619_3cf7262ab1_s.jpg versatronics_x10 by donotdespisethesnake , on Flic...