Design timeline
Frozen snapshots, newest first. Each snapshot is cumulative; drawings shown per version are the ones new in that version.
- v18Skeleton v3d plus the first real subsystem CAD: frame & motion, head, strip tray, with BOMs and assembly steps
- v17Integrated machine skeleton v1-v3b: custom 2020/2040 bed slinger, MGN12 + lead screws on all axes, inline UV laser on a motorized focus column, multi-row tray, enclosed with left door, under-bed electronics bay
- v16Sliding tray PnP storage (matrix archived), snap-out companion and edge-card panels, shared frame fiducials, one common jig hold
- v15Two-piston FOC pump calc, all-metal Luer, 300 mm bed slinger, TH jig + bottom reflow first, bonded needle tips, PnP part storage (pods/strips/matrix) drawing
- v14Tool drop needle-retract mechanism: 60 psi sweep, magnet hold study, v2d EPM latch drawing and CAD model with fit check, TOOLS.md update
- v13Tester strategy: universal OSSO Test Board (hybrid matrix, board ID), flux syringe head, BR-G1 ordered + laser files, spray finish
- v12Ball tinning: BR-G1 FR4 gear disc + fab files, ball dispenser POC v1/v2 (grip), to-do list
- v11Laser tech sheet, PnP machine/head drawings and decisions, Neptune 4 bed layout
- v10Drum-frame film stencil v1/v2 + laser alignment tests (v0 centre crosshair, v1 pattern)
- v9Machine cell concept v1, paste strategy, docs site
- v8Top v1i: 3.96mm card edge 2x10/2x22, variants A/B/C
- v7Mains/PSU companion studies, top v1h, 8VA feasibility mark
- v6Top/bottom board v1a-v1g, unified companion window
- v5Jig v4c-v4e, blank v3b STEP, 12mm interposer gap, 20A system max
- v4Blanks ordered; laser jig v4a/v4b
- v3Process v3, alignment, blank spec, first Gerbers (blank v3b)
- v2Base board concepts A to U: 140x140, pogo block, interposer, companions
- v1Concept v1: stackable laser-ablated blank, laser test kit, vision media