Re: gEDA-user: new footprint guidelines

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Rick Collins <gnuarm.2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Trouble is that the machine doesn't know how the parts are oriented in the feeders.  Rather than trust that the "system" works if they get each piece right, they manually run through an sample of each component type to make sure it is placed on the board right.  That is all they care about and you only do this once for a given board.  They call this "setup" and charge a couple of hundred dollars for it.  Not enough of a charge to worry about and it gives them a warm fuzzy feeling that they aren't screwing up.
> 

I know that the newer placement machines have cameras to detect orientation of the parts.


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