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by lfkeyboards
Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Using the LitePlacer
Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 22242

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...
by lfkeyboards
Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:06 pm
Forum: Using the LitePlacer
Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 22242

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?
by lfkeyboards
Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:31 pm
Forum: Using the LitePlacer
Topic: ebay auto feeder- feasible?
Replies: 12
Views: 22242

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...
by lfkeyboards
Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:59 pm
Forum: Using the LitePlacer
Topic: Backlash and Slack Compensation [SOLVED]
Replies: 50
Views: 38803

Re: Backlash and Slack Compensation

Curious if this went anywhere, I seem to be seeing the exact issue.
by lfkeyboards
Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:55 pm
Forum: Using the LitePlacer
Topic: Homing weirdness
Replies: 1
Views: 1388

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...