LumenPnP Feeders, V1.2.0 documentation, suggestions

[dalegrover]

Installing feeders (V1.2.0) on a V3.0.2 LumenPnP
Feedback on documentation
around 11/19/2024

(Context: Just installed the feeders and placed a board with double-sided tape using the feeders. I need to adjust parts orientations, but seems to feed well.)

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/2-install-harness/feeder-blade/#front-feeder-rail, note that one of the hammerhead t-nuts was installed backwards on my unit. They won't work backwards, but a user might not notice since there are others that would engage.

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/2-install-harness/feeder-blade/#front-feeder-rail, step 5, suggest the word "against" instead of. "into".

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/2-install-harness/feeder-blade/#install-the-harness, step 3, I received a cable with a PCB to adapt the cable type. However, the 4-conductor cable was not tightly installed on the PCB--it was loose and could have introduced problems later on.

(Add a comment if this adaptor PCB on the cable is going to be used going forward, so folks are not confused.)

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/2-install-harness/feeder-blade/#install-the-harness step 7, the connector is now different. A brief note to that effect, and perhaps a photo showing the orientation of the connector would be useful.

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/3-software-update/#checking-current-firmware-version step 1, I don't think we know how to install the feeders yet at this step.

Note that the small flat part of one of my thimbles had broken off in shipping. (I don't use them--I printed my own that are longer and allow the use of 3D printed 7" reels, which are thicker.)

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/4-mounting/mounting/#8mm-installing-spool-arm
the wrench I received with the feeders is 0.050" (or so), not 2mm, and was marked on the bag "DRIVE-WHEEL-ASM Adjustment Hex Key". Not sure if there was supposed to be a 2mm hex wrench, or what the 0.050" would be used for.

** in https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/6-loading-tape/loading-tape/
step 8, blue is DRIVE mode, not PEEL (see https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/1-overview/feeder-overview/#__tabbed_2_3 )

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/6-loading-tape/loading-tape/, "watch out", photos showing cover tape catching in worm gear could be oriented more like the photos immediately after; the orientation is a bit confusing.

In step 14 https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/7-setting-pick-position/setting-pick-position/
it is important to jog up in Z first.

In https://docs.opulo.io/feeders/7-setting-pick-position/setting-pick-position/, step 16, after picking a part, can return the part to the tape (vs. discard) using move tool to part offset location, then in Machine Controls, Actuators, H1 (or H2, depending on the head you are using), turn off the vacuum, releasing the part. Then move Z up before jogging elsewhere.

Question that I looked for an answer to: Is the curl of the used carrier tape (paper or plastic) enough to carry it underneath and out towards the reel, or do we need to worry about where the used tape goes?

Suggestion--throw in some cover tape leader, just enough for the first roll (8" per feeder).

Thanks!