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- Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:46 pm
- Forum: Using the LitePlacer
- Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
- Replies: 12
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Re: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
I built some of these: https://docs.mgrl.de/maschine:pickandplace:feeder:0816feeder and they work perfectly. I made the switch to openpnp for now since they're already supported there, but I don't think it'd be that hard to adapt to liteplacer by monitoring the serial G-codes and feeding based on mo...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:06 pm
- Forum: Using the LitePlacer
- Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30488
Re: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
Dampfboot - I missed your replies somehow, but this is _exactly_ what I'm looking for!
What kind of feeders did you use and where did you get them?
What kind of feeders did you use and where did you get them?
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:31 pm
- Forum: Using the LitePlacer
- Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 30488
ebay auto feeder- feasible?
I realize that the liteplacer is designed assuming you'll never need/want an autofeeder, but... I'm assembling PCBs that have 25 diodes per board, more than half of the total part count. Since I'd only need one, the ~$150 for a commercial feeder isn't a problem, but I'm not sure if they could be mad...
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:59 pm
- Forum: Using the LitePlacer
- Topic: Backlash and Slack Compensation [SOLVED]
- Replies: 50
- Views: 49261
Re: Backlash and Slack Compensation
Curious if this went anywhere, I seem to be seeing the exact issue.
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:55 pm
- Forum: Using the LitePlacer
- Topic: Homing weirdness
- Replies: 1
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Homing weirdness
Was hitting a problem where all parts placements were about Y+1mm. After much frustration what found is that after parking, my home location is off by about X0.1mm, Y1.1mm. This is repeatable after every home>park>move 0, 0. Whats really weird is that subsequent park>move 0,0 everything stays the sa...