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Just got done installing mine. Nice improvement in the smoothness and sound. Regarding the noise at higher (moderate) speeds: I changed the TMC2209 drivers to spread cycle by moving the resistor according to the manual (linked below) and the vibration/noise at higher speeds was much better - I've go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVBcPqBbkIE

It's been working pretty well - I still need to work out some accuracy issues but it's pretty good with most 0603's.

These are "panasert" panasonic mechanical feeders.

I have been using liteplacer for a couple of years now, and it seems like a lot of the error sometimes come from the parts being at different places in the tape pockets. Has there ever been any thought to lifting the part partially out of the tape hole, then moving it diagonal back and forth and the...

I use Cadence PCB tools (Orcad and Allegro). I have to take the data from the BOM and the placement file in order to generate liteplacer data, but it is not really that difficult.

This post is a little old, but I came across it because I am running in to a similar issue. I'm working on a converter for my (Cadence) pick and place data, and I am going to have it output different part value once I get beyond 50 parts so I can use a second or third tape as a workaround (I have ov...