Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:36 +0100
Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:

> Typically they don't have a solenoid valve, just a hole on the handle
> to vent the vacuum (or not).

Just came across to a selfbuilt pickup tool:

http://hackaday.com/2010/03/03/vacuum-pick-and-place-for-smd-parts/

it uses a modified aquarium pump. Very simple and well documented.

John