Pick and place file format.

The Pulsonix software I use generates this for one of my boards:

Ref Part Name Side Placement Centre Rotation

PL5 1WP Top (5.00,-47.50) 0 PL6 Top (2.00,-47.50) 0 IC1 GE863-GPS Top (17.20,-22.50) 0 D1 LED Top (18.77,-47.50) 0 IC3 16F88 (SSOP) Bottom (12.50,-42.00) 0 PL1 1WP Bottom (29.00,-8.50) 0 PL2 Bottom (29.00,-5.50) 0 PL3 Bottom (29.00,-24.00) 270 PL4 Bottom (29.00,-21.00) 90 CONN3 AMC-ICA-521-6P Bottom (17.00,-19.20) 180 C2 C1 Bottom (4.50,-6.51) 0 C3 Bottom (4.50,-10.01) 0 C4 Bottom (4.50,-19.51) 0 C1 CT3528 Bottom (5.50,-34.40) 180 C5 Bottom (5.50,-25.90) 180 SW1 EVQPUA02K Bottom (30.20,-14.38) 90 CONN2 ICD2 (5 pads) Bottom (28.08,-47.50) 90 R5 R1 Bottom (24.51,-44.50) 90 R6 Bottom (27.51,-44.50) 90 R7 Bottom (9.49,-48.50) 270 X1 XTAL (ACT) Bottom (21.50,-36.73) 0

The file format is completely user-configurable, this the default output. It seems to have lost the neat format of the original.

Leon

otation

=A0 =A0 0

=A0 =A0 =A0 0

=A00

=A0 =A0 =A00

=A0 0

=A0 =A0 0

=A0 =A0270

=A0 =A090

=A0 =A00

=A0 =A0 0

=A0 =A0 0

=A0 =A0 180

=A0 =A090

=A0 =A0 =A090

=A0 =A0 270

Thanks Leon.

Someone sent me a Panasonic file which is a bit different. The Panasonic file includes fiducials for aligning the pick and place machine. It also includes info on whether the data is metric or imperial. The Panaosic format uses *side1* or "side2* once each instead of top/ bottom on each line.

The Pulsonix version looks like a cut down Panasonic file format.

I have written the software now and used the Panasonic format.

Nigel

Marra, So you are writing your output for one machine/brand only? What does everybody else that doesn't have a Panasonic machine do?

P&P machines do not have one common language but typically they each have utilities that take simple spaced text/csv data input and massage it for their machines. A simple CSV data file of the appropriate information would be far more useful and universal.

i.e. Reference Designator Part Centroid (XY) Rotation

The fiducials are just treated as another part, reference designator, fiducial, centroid but then the rotation doesn't matter for fiducials. Oh do everyone a favor, don't output through hole parts in your P&P file like some other silly companies do.

As the file is simple ASCII people can edit out any parts they dont want.

The Panasonic file is a superset of a simple file anyway.