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You'll need a pick and place machine, some double sided tape and a tape strip of parts that you want to feed.
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Put some double sided tape down on the bed of your machine.
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Place a strip of components down on the double sided tape.
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Peel the cover tape off the strip to expose the components.
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Be careful when peeling the cover tape back. If you do it too fast the components might jump from their pockets.
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You can also use a tape strip holder or a tray of parts. Anything that holds one or more parts in place will do.
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Open OpenPnP and navigate to the Feeders panel.
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Click the Add button and select the ReferenceTrayFeeder option.
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ReferenceTrayFeeder is used for any type of feeder where picks are performed by indexing by a 1D or 2D offset.
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Select the new Feeder in the table on the left. You can double click the Name to give it a new name, if you like.
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Select the Part that this Feeder will feed. If it's not listed, see Part Setup for how to create it first.
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The Pick Location is the place where OpenPnP will pick the first part from your tape.
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Using the camera view, move the machine so that the first component in the tape is centered.
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Try to center the pocket the part is in, rather than the part itself.
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Click the Capture Camera Coordinates button to fill in the coordinates of the first component.
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Click the Position Tool button to move the nozzle over the position you just selected.
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Using the jog controls, or hotkeys, move the nozzle down so that it is just touching the part.
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Click the Capture Tool Coordinates button to finish filling in the component's coordinates.
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Press the Apply button to lock in your changes.
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Offsets tell OpenPnP how far to move from the pick location to the next part. It can move any distance in either X or Y.
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Click the Position Camera button to move the camera back over the pick location.
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Click the X and Y digital readouts (DROs) once each to put them in relative mode.
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When the DROs are in relative mode they show the distance you've moved the machine since clicking them. You can click them again to clear it.
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Center the camera over the next part in the strip.
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Type in the values from the X and Y DROs into the X and Y Offsets fields in the feeder configuration.
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Tray Counts tell the feeder how large the strip or tray is. A strip will only count in one direction while a tray will count in two.
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Count the number of components in your tape strip and enter that value into the Tray Count field.
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You can also enter a Feed Count. Feed Count is the number of parts that have been fed so far. Resetting it to 0 starts over again at the pick location.
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Almost done!
Finish Line