{"id":19266,"date":"2017-03-14T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=19266"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:39:21","slug":"the-birth-of-an-openscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/the-birth-of-an-openscope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of an OpenScope"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you love electronics and you enjoy geeking out on electronics, you may love seeing the behind-the scenes of our manufacturing process for OpenScope!<\/p>\n

OpenScope starts life as a PCB.<\/p>\n

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A merged view of the gerber files (for PCB) of the OpenScope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once we get it from the PCB house, it goes to manufacturing.<\/p>\n

The PCB boards go and get stenciled (when the solder paste is applied uniformly, almost like a screen print).<\/p>\n

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Stencil being applied for OpenScope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stencil lifted off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, the stencil gets lifted off and sent to the pick and place machine, where parts are selected and placed over the solder paste.<\/p>\n

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Getting ready to go to the pick and place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pick and place machine running (notice the reels of parts).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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OpenScopes on the\u00a0pick and place line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It then goes to reflow (when the solder gets heated up and it grabs the part that has been placed ontop of it).<\/p>\n

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An awesome gif of reflow happening, heat is making the solder (the tin\/lead) melt and grabs the components.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Bottom side of the OpenScope after reflow, the topside gets done next.<\/p>\n

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Once through the reflow, all of the solder joints are visually inspected.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Then, the OpenScope makes it to hand soldering, these are usually things like through-hole solder pins and plastic parts (that can’t go through the oven).<\/p>\n

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These are then cleaned off.<\/p>\n

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Cut apart…<\/p>\n

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And it is ready to go through firmware, test and then eventually packaging!<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoyed a tour through the manufacturing process of the OpenScope!<\/p>\n

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