> On Jan 30, 2021, at 10:36 PM, Richard Sewell <richardhsew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Daniel, (cool site btw!) I have headers exactly the same on my > prototype board set up. Do you have any automation for soldering the female > headers or do you hand solder them? Someone has made an automatic header > soldering machine which is interesting, but quite a project > https://hackaday.com/2015/05/05/open-source-diy-soldering-robot/ > <https://hackaday.com/2015/05/05/open-source-diy-soldering-robot/> . I have > also heard of 'pin in paste' headers, which would require some kind of > reflow process only on the edge of the board. I'm trying to avoid as many > manual assembly processes as possible.
I’ve gone two different directions with this.. When volume was lower, I actually paid my 13yo son to solder them. He wanted to save up for a new composite Baseball Bat so I paid him $3 for each one that he soldered. At one point, he got good enough to do about 8 an hour (I can do about 9/10) so he made out pretty well. However, you could use this idea and maybe find a couple enterprising high school students or something that would like a socially distant work from home job that could be just a couple hours a day. Give them $3 or $4 each and they’d make out really well once they got good at it. (Assuming they have the soldering station or you could loan them one or something) With higher volume, I’m just having the cape manufacturer do it. They are more than happy to solder headers on and mount them onto the capes. The trick here is getting them to the board manufacturer since the PB’s aren’t available everywhere or is very expensive in some locations. Thus, it kind of depends on where you have your boards made. I’ve had bunches of PB’s shipped to me, I’ve ripped them out of the retail packaging (to save weight/space) and then shipped them off to manufacture. Anyway, talk to your board manufacturer. -- Daniel Kulp d...@kulp.com - http://dankulp.com/blog -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/2BBA50A8-3325-41FE-A578-E8998DFE6913%40kulp.com.
