15 March 2014
On our Virtual Swanage website we have a section with cycle routes in our local area.
We purchased...
04 March 2014
Since building the DIY Pick and Place machine we have had a problem with the Atmel processor...
27 February 2014
For a few years now we have been using a GW Instek GPC-1850D power supply in our workshop and while...
24 February 2014
I have decided that I will no longer have any google adsense adverts on my blog or my virtual-swanage.co.uk...
20 February 2014
To program the Atmel chips in our recent PNP controller board and for our planned expansion boards...
08 February 2014
After completing our DIY Pick and Place machine USB Controller Board we needed to rewrite the...
28 January 2014
After completing our DIY Pick and Place machine we soon found a limitation with the SmoothStepper...
16 January 2014
One of my hobbies is Amateur (Ham) radio and it is useful to be able to check the outputs on the...
14 January 2014
While soldering boards today one of our Metcal SP200 solder stations stopped working with a quiet...
23 December 2013
When using our high level photography mast we have always used a series of USB expansion cables to make...
05 December 2013
After finishing the automatic pick and place project we soon found that we needed to be able to place...
25 November 2013
This demo app allows the user to send Gcode commands to Mach 3 to control a CNC mill, lathe or other...
23 November 2013
The DIY pick and place machine project is now finally running and is able to place the components for...
20 November 2013
On the 30 September 2013 I placed order with Ultimaker for the Ultimaker 2 3D printer and extra rolls...
02 November 2013
DIY Pick and Place V2 – Base Vision LED Array
The PCB's arrived today for the LED array...
27 October 2013
The new diy pick and place machine needed a way to feed SOIC, TSOP and other tube supplied chips...
24 October 2013
The holders for the vacuum nozzles are now fitted to the pick and place machine. Our original plan...
17 October 2013
We have started working on the vision system for the DIY Pick and Place machine. We are going to use...
12 October 2013
After a busy week rebuilding the picker system with much better quality bearings and installing the home...
01 October 2013
The feeder activator system to select the correct component feeder and then activate the feeder is based...
26 September 2013
Work is slowly progressing on the DIY pick and place machine with the pickers X axis having new parts...