Furnarius Rufus PCB Milling Machine
Project Description
The Furnarius Rufus PCB Milling Machine is a
'CNC":http://en.wikipedia.org/wikis/Numerical_control instrument
capable of making printed circuit board tracks that are used in
electronic hardware. Such tracks create necessary isolation so that
there is only electric contact between the desired components, which
will further be placed and soldered on the circuit board. This machine
has as its main attribute the fact of being an open hardware equipment:
anyone can build it without violating any copyrights and the information
necessary to do so is found in this wiki.
This machine is designed to be low cost without compromising quality,
intended to be easy to use and to build. It is named after Furnarius
Rufus, an oven bird that builds its nest with mud, much alike an 3D
printer, as a symbolism to freedom of making, learning, contributing,
and sharing.
The project is part of an effort to develop an open workbench for
cientific and educational instrumentation. Further information on the
open workbench can be found in the page Work group for development of
open
workbench
at
Wikiversity.
Project website at Centro de Tecnologia Acadêmica (http://cta.if.ufrgs.br/) (In portuguese)
Team
- Germano Postal - Main Developer, Hardware
- Gabriel Krieger Nardon - Electronics and Firmware
- Jan Luc Tavares - Media Collaborator
- Alexandre Ramos - Design Consultant
- Rafael Pezzi - Project Leader
You can get in touch through the mailing list.
Safety Warning
WARNING: To guard against injury, basic safety precautions should be observed and the fabrication processes should be conducted by qualified personnel.*
More safety information is available in the Safety-Warning webpage.
Licencing
Copyright 2014 Centro de Tecnologia Acadêmica, IF / UFRGS.
This documentation is licenced under the terms of the CERN Open
Hardware Licence
Ver. 1.2..
There are no warranties, implicit or explicit, of merchantability, and
of applicability or fitness for any particular purpose.
See the full text of the licence
Documentation
- Acess to the drawings and tips of fabrication, available on the fabrication process page.
- Frequently-Asqued-Questions
- Users
Status
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Video of the FR-PCB-MM in action at Wikimedia Commons
Images
Some pictures of the first prototype of the Furnarius Rufus PCB Milling
Machine. More images are on the pictures page.
You can acess a high resolution video of testing the Furnarius Rufus at
Wikimedia
Commons
