[E:56] Stephen Hawes: PNP Electronics Assembly... and Flamethrowers from Create/Invent Podcast

[E:56] Stephen Hawes: PNP Electronics Assembly... and Flamethrowers

1 hour 21 minutes Posted Apr 5, 2022 at 12:05 pm.

Intro

Talking about education

The LumenPNP Open Source PCB Pick and Place machine

Stephen’s company is called Opulo and the machine is called the LumenPNP

The new name of the Create/Invent Podcast is better for SEO

Is Stephen the Josef Prusa of pick and place?

Prusa makes awesome printers and has great support

LumenPNP kits are available for $1,145 at opulo.io

Does Opulo have employees?!

Difference between designing something and shipping something!

Stephen’s professional background

Making one thing quick vs. making a lot of things wells

A pick and place looks a lot like a CNC router!

Pat didn’t know you can run a pick and place without feeders!

How can the LumenPNP place such tiny components accurately?

Opulo wants to facilitate the entire PCB assembly workflow

Stephen soldered all the Glowties for Kickstarter by hand

The power of bananas

Could Pat produce his OoberLights Micro PCBs with a LumenPNP?

Coffee Break!

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Stephen Hawes started Opulo to produce open source pick-and-place (PNP) assembly machines. We discuss his machine, education, and the difference between building a thing vs designing a production process. We were both really impressed, so much so that Pat bought one at: https://opulo.io/

- https://opulo.io/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InALPtKrGXU

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnHBXNsx6cU

Video:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0X_UrjG0pI

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggmPUullWE

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