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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
March 2025 Opulo Update Read more...
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...
LumenPnP Kits are shipping today!
LumenPnP Kits are shipping today!
The LumenPnP Kit is now available. Read more...