Printed circuit board drilling machine using recyclables

The implementation of a printed circuit board (PCB) drilling machine using recyclable materials and computer-aided control is presented. A mechanical system using a DC motor for movement on the X and Y axes, and a transmission mechanism by belts, pulleys, and a worm screw was made. For the Z axis, a...

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Autores:
Robles Algarin, Carlos arturo
Echavez W.
Polo A.
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UCC
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OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/50455
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics7100240
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056221223&doi=10.3390%2felectronics7100240&partnerID=40&md5=db5b4b911ddce02b8fdfb7af1e18262e
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/50455
Palabra clave:
COOPERATIVE MULTITASKING REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM (OSA-RTOS)
DRILLING MACHINE
MICROCONTROLLER
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
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openAccess
License
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
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Summary:The implementation of a printed circuit board (PCB) drilling machine using recyclable materials and computer-aided control is presented. A mechanical system using a DC motor for movement on the X and Y axes, and a transmission mechanism by belts, pulleys, and a worm screw was made. For the Z axis, a mechanism based on a worm screw, nuts, and a stepper motor was implemented. The main board has two microcontrollers communicating in a master-slave configuration via a serial protocol. A real-time operating system (OSA) was implemented to optimize the data flow to the computer using the USB protocol, for communication with the slave microcontroller, positioning the Cartesian axes, and control the motors. The slave is responsible for monitoring the status of the encoders and limit switches, as well as the information delivery to the master. A Matlab-based user interface was developed to determine the coordinates of the holes to be drilled by processing a jpg image. This also allows the user to control the DC motors using PWM signals via configurable parameters of PID controllers. The end result is a drilling machine which able to operate both manually and via a computer, for drilling PCBs of a maximum size of 24 × 40 cm. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.