securitybreach Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Pete Lomas is a trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and designed the final hardware that turned into the Raspberry Pi. We’ve had so many questions from you about the manufacturing process that Pete decided to put this post together – he’s been working on it for a couple of months, and we’re very, very grateful. Thanks Pete – and thank you to everybody at the Sony factory! The basic idea is simple – Attach components a PCB with solder to make mechanical and electrically conductive joints, test and ship. But how do Sony manage to make 4000 Raspberry Pi Model B’s a day – or more astoundingly, one every 7.5 seconds? On a recent trip to the facility we had a look at how the team at Pencoed actually do it, and some of the technical wizardry and skill they use to make it happen. The Raspberry Pi design is what is termed double sided SMT and single sided PTH. Translated, this means it has surface mount components (SMT) mounted on both sides of the PCB and through hole (PTH) components just on the top side, with the pins pushing out of the bottom..... http://www.raspberry...g/archives/2569 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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