I am currently only focusing on HMI design, creating a new C++ HMI Designer and generating code. I am close to finish so will soon switch to actual PLD diagrams again. RTFrame Designer replaces the previous BSA developed in C# and I am amazed over performance and how fast development in C++ is once I…
I got tired of messing with Phyton, Java or C# or web/cloud apps to make real-time systems, so I finally started on a pure C++ library with high performance desktop graphics. Graphics is only a start, but it is the most important one. Not much have been done in this area the last decades and…
One of the instruments I always wanted is a Logic Analyzer that can combine whatever signals I have available on a computer. Some will be digital, others will be analogue or calculated protocol decoding and they will come in with different sampling. Getting data in is not the difficult part, presenting it at 60FPS with…
I started building this machine before I realized it would be easier to draw it first to get things right. This is a ca 700mm x 700mm x 700mm design – It is a machine that is designed to be mounted bolted to a floor. What you see below is just the raw design –…
I started my PnP machine as a modified copy of LucentPnP, but as I assembled that machine I also realized that a plastic design moved to much. The entire machine was unstable and needles would move several mm under speed. Achieving 0402 was difficult, 0201 was close to impossible – so I decided to move…
Having build BambooFeeder, BingFeeder and looked into PhotonFeeder I decided to design my own partly to solve issues I observed, partly to save space and partly to save cost! This was a proof of concept experience and it turned out very good. The 3D model of the 8mm Feeder is shown below. It is not…
I finally got around to actually build a Bing Feeder using white PETG. I have bought 3Kg of Green PETG for later as I believe that color is better for camera support. Going from BambooFeeder to BingFeeder is a big jump – two completely different feeders and separate set of pros & cons. I will…
Looking at Feeders I looked into PandaPlacer’s BambooFeeder, microsmt’s Bing Feeder as well as the T-2 Feeder. I am not able to use any of these “as is” because they are not truly open source – but BambooFeeder is very low cost < 5.- USD and I had their 3D images so I could print…
New PnP Head. It is the same old LumenPnP Head, but I modified it to use laser sensors on both side + Nema8 steppers. The rest of the machine is in 3D print behind me, so give me a few days and I will share pictures of the assembly. I do not have access to…
Just a picture showing what I am working on. I also think this is the first picture with Ethernet mounted. Both these boards will soon come in new versions. I need to experiment a bit with picture resolution since my screens now are 4K – I used to reduce pic resolution by copying pictures through…