Yes they would, because it means they can skip the extra step of installing the battery clip and the battery. It’s a non user-serviceable part anyhow. The economy of these is one-size-fits-all because with batteries you need to make dozens of different sizes for various needs, whereas this you only need to make in one size, which makes it cheaper.
Have you ever seen an old cloths washer? They were miles different. The first ones were powered by a kick started gas engine. And they had washboards and ringers.
US patent number 8094102B2 is indeed a patent for a “Single full-color LED with driving mechanism”, which does look a lot like a WS2812. But as always, such things are not as cut-and-dried as they might first appear. The LED in the patent for example relies upon a clock line for its operation, while the Worldsemi part doesn’t. I am not a lawyer so I’d hesitate to call this a baseless and speculative move, but I suspect that there will be plenty over which the two semiconductor companies can duke it out in the courtroom.
A 34-inch monitor with 2560×1080 resolution looks about the same as a regular-sized 27-inch 1080p monitor.
Well the PIC and external FLASH were donated by Microchip so they definitely win out on the BOM costs.
I just wanted to add that while progress has indeed been slow (5 years and counting since I started this project) we have now reached the point where you can build an OpenPnP based machine from commonly available components and start placing immediately. We’ve published several open source hardware designs at http://openpnp.org/hardware and the software is well tested, stable and used around the world for production jobs.
> May be a mirror on the table would be cheaper than having a 2nd facing up camera? Maybe. The alignment of the optics would be a pain, though. (In general, there are lots of thing that could be done otherways; I did the machine like this.)
Using a chip-based system, the league tracks the puck and players on the ice in a more seamless and comprehensive way than ever before. Marrying the new tracking information with its existing in-house Hockey Information Tracking System (HITS), which tallies all the essentials to properly log and score a hockey game (time-on-ice, face-offs won/lost, shots on goal, missed shots, shot types, penalties, etc.), the league and stats and broadcast-graphics partner SMT are simplifying the packaging and visualization of data in producing on-screen visuals that are both compelling to the viewer and easy to integrate for the producer.
Yesterday we received an email from our piratical friends at Pimoroni, the British supplier of all forms of electronic goodies. Among their range they have a reasonable number of products containing WS2812s, and it was these products that had formed the subject of an unexpected cease-and-desist letter. APA Electronic are the manufacturer of the APA102 addressable LED (which you may know as the Dotstar), and their cease-and-desist asking for the products to be withdrawn from sale rests on their holding a patent for an addressable multicolour LED. We’d be very interested to hear whether any other suppliers of WS2812-based parts have received similar communications.
The new equipment was installed in the middle of the fourth quarter. It improves operational efficiency and quality in several ways. Glue dispense capability is now integrated in one of the Panasonic’s placement heads, eliminating the need for standalone glue dispensing capability. The work envelope in each machine has been expanded to 21 inches by 29 inches, enabling the facility to support customer requirements for larger board sizes. The PanaCIM software can show real-time information on production cycle time, machine performance, operation ratio, placement quantity and production quantity, or be customized to show any information desired. The machine verification (MV) feature in the PanaCIM software automatically checks the feeders in each cart to validate the right parts are present. The DGS system can recommend optimum feeder loading sequences and the best nozzle sizes to minimize placement time and improves throughput.
“Operationally, we now have intelligent feeder capability in place across all our placement machines, since this is also a capability in Mydata lines. This combined with the feeder cart systems makes our goal of zero changeover time a reality, which is critical to effectively managing high mix production. We also can electronically support our customers’ traceability and tracking requirements via barcodes. The PanaCIM software also supports our continuous improvement efforts by providing daily and weekly machine efficiency reporting,” said Terry Martin, the facility’s operations manager.
Capacitive sensing + RTOS-based tone generation achieves 3 octave, 8+ track-polyphonic tone generation on a single PIC16F. How impressive is that feat?http://www.pic24.ru/doku.php/en/osa/articles/pk2_osa_piano
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