reference

The SMT reference

Everything from a component's package to the machine that places it — the full path package → carrier → feeder → machine → placement. Free, and wired to the converter.

The converter

tool

Turn a KiCad / Altium / EasyEDA export into a machine-ready job.

SMD packages

228 pages

Dimensions, pitch, hand-solder difficulty and IPC land patterns.

Package size chart

all in one table

Every package compared side by side, with its rotation correction.

Supply carriers

6 pages

Tape & reel, cut tape, tube, tray, bulk, ammo — and how they set rotation.

Feeders

6 pages

How each carrier loads into a pick-and-place machine.

Machines

6 pages

OpenPnP, Charmhigh, Neoden, LumenPnP — and the file each one needs.

Nozzles

5 pages

The pick-and-place tip sizes and what each one picks.

Stencils

4 pages

Framed, frameless, prototype and step solder-paste stencils.

How-to guides

12 guides

Rotation, choosing a machine, ordering parts, package sizes.

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