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August 2025 Opulo Update
Hey everyone, happy August! Here's what we've been doing at Opulo this month: Lead Times We're getting ready to bring our official lead times down a bit after having spun up some considerable new infrastructure and hired some folks on. Some production expansion And yet, like clockwork, we've seen a huge spike in order volume that makes it even harder to work down this backlog. Before the spike, we had approximately a week of an internal lead time, but that has gone up to about two or three at present. ... Read more...
July 2025 Opulo Update
Hey folks, happy July! Here's what's been going on at Opulo this month: Lead Times As I mentioned in last month's update, we took some action to more aggressively bring our lead times down, and now we're starting to see the results of this! Our ratio of LumenPnP/Feeder demand has shifted, so we've been spinning up new workstations and training technicians to keep up with the new balance. Also, the recent hiring we did is starting to show in our internal lead times. Our weekly production quantity is going up... Read more...
June 2025 Opulo Update
Hey everybody, happy June! Here's what's been going on at Opulo this month: Lead Times Our lead times are still unchanged from last month, but quite a bit has happened just to keep them from getting longer! We've hit quite a growth spurt this spring, and we've been reorganizing how our manufacturing line operates to be more efficient, and hiring more help over the past couple months to accommodate the increased demand. As we train our new team members and scale up production, we're hoping we'll see the lead time... Read more...
May 2025 Opulo Update
Hi everyone, and happy May! Here's your monthly Opulo update: Lead Times While we have managed to pull ahead a bit on our lead time internally, the past month's volume of orders has been overwhelming. It's been everything we can do to just keep it the same as what it was last month. Internally we're still shipping between a week to two weeks ahead of schedule, but we still keep the 4 week lead time listed as that's what we know we can guarantee. Tariffs As I'm sure many of... Read more...
April 2025 Opulo Update
Hi all, and welcome to the April 2025 Opulo Update! Let's get right into it. Lead Times Since the last update, we've made some good progress on our lead time! We're consistently shipping much quicker than our listed lead time, but we're officially keeping it where it is to help us stay ahead by a margin. 16mm and 24mm Feeders We've been working on a new prototype for wider feeders, and we're really happy with how testing has gone so far! Moving the film peeling mechanism above the tape path... Read more...
March 2025 Opulo Update
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Fewer Restrictions: Updating LumenPnP Licensing
When I started the LumenPnP project in 2020, I selected a common license that seemed right, and continued with development. I chose GNU GPL v3, and the LumenPnP (along with all associated projects) have been fully licensed with it for their entire existence. GNU GPLv3 is what’s known as a “viral” license, where (roughly speaking) anything it touches is forced into being fully open source as well. What's more, they're required to license it with the same license. That’s actually quite restrictive!  Our licensing should be based on the reasoning behind why the... Read more...
Opulo Introduces LumenPnP v4: Accurate and Reliable Pick and Place for Prototyping and Production
Opulo Introduces LumenPnP v4: Accurate and Reliable Pick and Place for Prototyping and Production
Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 10, 2024 - Opulo today announced the new standard for desktop pick and place machines with the introduction of LumenPnP v4, the most reliable, accurate, and automated chip mounter... Read more...
Introducing the GitHub Hardware Viewer
Introducing the GitHub Hardware Viewer
Git is an incredible tool. It’s a universally adopted method of tracking revisions, and supporting concurrent collaboration. But it’s designed around plaintext, human-readable files. This is fine for code, but... Read more...
LumenPnP Feeders are here: Sales start today, other widths on the way!
LumenPnP Feeders are here: Sales start today, other widths on the way!
LumenPnP 8mm Feeders are available today! Read more...
Product Updates for 2023
Opulo saw tremendous growth in 2022. Hundreds of folks all around the globe are now using a LumenPnP to assemble their PCBAs. In 2023, we’re focusing on offering products that do two things: move mid-scale manufacturing forward with product improvements support the folks that are using current hardware Here are some changes we’re making to help accomplish these goals. LumenPnP Price Increase Accessibility of our hardware is tremendously important to us. The entire point of Opulo’s existence is to help people manufacture their products, and offering our machines at a... Read more...
Shipping Updates Amidst Chinese Lockdowns
Shipping Updates Amidst Chinese Lockdowns
In lieu of sending direct update emails about orders, we'll start periodically making blog posts with updates about shipping, along with other updates on the company!  A couple weeks ago,... Read more...