Video of SMD production of Freerunner Navigation Boards (GTA04 will look similar)

[Thomas Gstädtner]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 16:38, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
<hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> we were allowed to look over the shoulders of the workers
> at the SMD fab that produces the Freerunner Navigation
> Board V3 and the GTA04.
>
> Here is the link:
>
>        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyhKr3yTO8
>
> It shows how the PCBs are set up, how the pick&place
> machine is set up and how the components are placed.
> Finally, it goes through the reflow oven.
>
> The video shows the Freerunner Navigation boards
> which were produced yesterday and are finalized
> today. They promised to produce the first two GTA04A3
> boards today so that we can test them in the next
> days and week. Since it looks very similar we do
> without another video.
>
> Nikolaus
>

Awesome video, awesome project, and I love the openness you displayed so far.
I really hope this becomes a success and can only congratulate to the
courage to pull all this of.