The stuffomatic by Mike Beauchamp is for hand-stuffing circuit boards in a production environment. It is based on the teensy 2.0 and reads a “bill of materials” saved as a CSV and connects to parts-bins with embedded LED’s.
Video showing the work on panasonic SMD feeder for a custom pick and place machine. More details on the project blog post at < ahref="http://www.briandorey.com/post/Panasonic-Pick-and-Place-Feeder-Hack.aspx"...
Testing fiducial alignment on my homemade pick and place machine and paste dispenser named ‘PP4′. The vision system uses OpenCV: It uses the Hough circle algorithm to detect the 1.5mm diameter fiducials within an area of interest. The fiducials are located on two...
vpapanik’s manual pick and place machine, constructed from MDF, a vacuum pen, an a small aquarium pump, allows him to place tiny SMD parts (down to 0402) for prototyping and small batch manufacturing with greater accuracy and less fatigue than hand assembly.
Adafruit Industries builds accelerometers using a tray holder they constructed for their pick & place machine when the components they needed were only available on in trays rather than tape reels.