Dozens of XC3S400

Dozens of XC3S400

Refreshing an old design, these chips are nearly 5 years old, but they're still worth about $40/ea.

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2010

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XC3S400 bottom

XC3S400 bottom

Those are 1mm lead pitch balls, they're actually hand placable (but these will be sent to a machine).

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2010

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XC3S400 top

XC3S400 top

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Controlled w Bare Boards2

Controlled w Bare Boards2

Way better this time. Added a "pre-loading" cycle which waits for an indication of actual...

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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2010

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Controlled w Bare Boards

Controlled w Bare Boards

Finally under computer control, we're reflowing some bare boards (sparkfun surplus). You can see the...

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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2010

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Danger 45w co2

Danger 45w co2

Free laser warning sign from Coherent. Although we do have a coherent built tube, they're free to anyone with a Class IV laser.

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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2010

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someone else's mistakes

someone else's mistakes

Unfortunetly we don't make enough mistakes to have piles of scrap PCB laying around, conveniently...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010

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Holder cut from scrap PCB using a 2mm endmill.

Holder cut from scrap PCB using a 2mm endmill.

The holder cut from the backside of some scrap PCB material. Scrap PCB material makes sure it will end up...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010

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PCB nestled in holder

PCB nestled in holder

The PCB is squarely held by the holder, unfortunetly the way they were nested/panelized and routed by the...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010

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Stencil aligned and taped to the holder

Stencil aligned and taped to the holder

The stencil was cut from 5mil brass using a 10mil endmill. Now it's taped to the holder after being...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010

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Holder cut-path

Holder cut-path

Eagle's board outline ripped from the gerber using CAMtastic then imported into...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010

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milled brass stencil - 1&2

milled brass stencil - 1&2

SMT stencil milled from 5mil brass shim stock using 60 and 10 degree v-cutters. Obviously...

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IV4 VFD

IV4 VFD

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2010

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ordering parts

ordering parts

...and this is the "simplified" version of the spreadsheet

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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2010

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connectors

connectors

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water (??) connections

water (??) connections

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lasing area

lasing area

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output of ????

output of ????

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