Closing down Desktop PnP group

[Nathan Seidle]

Hi folks,

I just ratcheted up the requirements for posting to the desktop pick and place mailing list to avoid spam. My apologies.

In my opinion, this list has been superb. Thank you all! But the world has moved on so this mailing list needs to go away. I'll spin it down in a few weeks. I have learned a ton and I appreciate all you have shared.

If anyone has any recommendations for new homes or new forums, please post them. Here are a few that I recommend:

OpenPnP looks like a good community.

Opulo - do they have a forum or com channel? Either way, they rock.

Cheers,

-Nathan

Nathan Seidle (he/him)

Founder

E: nat...@sparkfun.com

A: 6333 Dry Creek Pkwy, Niwot, CO 80503 

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[Dean Ruckle]

Thanks.

This was very helpful to get mine working.

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[Jason von Nieda]

Thanks Nathan, this has been a great resource. See you all around!

Jason

[Jonathan Oxer]

Thanks Nathan.

Both those communities are excellent, but they have different flavours so they may suit different people.

OpenPnP is an active community that is very focused on the OpenPnP software itself, and machines to run it which can be either DIY or conversions of commercial machines. It's not a place for general discussion of broader issues. But if you have a DIY machine, or you want to retrofit an Open Source control system to a commercial machine, it is THE community to join.

The best way to interact with the OpenPnP community is via Google Groups:

https://groups.google.com/g/openpnp

Opulo is focused on their own commercial desktop PnP product (LumenPnP) which is Open Source to the core, and they have an extremely active Discord that is far broader than just their machine. There are busy sub-groups that discuss solder stencil printing, parts sourcing, reflow issues, tariffs and HS codes for parts ordering, designing your own feeders, and many other things. Opulo uses OpenPnP on their own product so there's also a little bit of discussion of OpenPnP, but nowhere near the depth or focus of the OpenPnP group itself.

The way to interact with the Opulo community is via Discord. There's an invitation link on this page:

https://www.opulo.io/pages/opulo-linktree

If you're interested in PnP, both groups are great.

Jonathan Oxer

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[Simon Orchard]

Will the information here be preserved or is there some way we can archive the info? 

We have not long had our CHM-T36VA and the info here has been invaluable so far.
It seems to have failed somewhere in the Y axis motor system, hoping the info here can help. 

Thanks, Simon.