Voltera V-One PCB printing

This video show my Voltera V-One PCB printing a prototype of a GPS module I designed. I actually find it quite mesmerizing watching the PCB come to life. Also, I didn't put music in the video so you can enjoy the sound of the stepper motors of the V-One.
www.voltera.io/
The GPS module is powered by an ATmega328P (Overkill for this application, I know, but I have a couple of them laying around), and uses a SIMComm SIM868 for GPS and GPRS. To save space on the PCB I am using an eSIM instead of a SIM card holder.
The SIM868 module is normally powered down, and the ATMEGA328 in deep sleep. At regular intervals it wakes up, powers up the SIM868 module, gets the current location, sends it to a cloud service, and gets to sleep again.
The "problematic" pad it prints at the start is actually a problem with the EAGLE PCB software, it cannot create real polygons and fakes it with loads of short lines instead. Not exactly optimal for the techniques used in the V-One! Go figure.

[@ranababar9240]

machine sound is better then any background music

[@michael41804]

What a Nice Scanner Or Kana A Led Printer For The PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive board. Components are connected through the conductive material below a non conductive board, the common conductive material used in packaged PCBs are usually copper, since copper is cheap and common. We Love It. Thank you Very Much.

[@BernhardHofmann]

Thank you for showing the video in real time, not time lapsed. It's easy enough for us to jump the video or watch in fast forward, but being able to see how long it actually takes is very useful.

[@Yash9278]

Especially with background music. Which isn't required on it. IMO

[@henriOnimura30]

Uma das coisas que eu mais admiro na tecnologia moderna são essas máquinas e essas placas com todos esses circuitos, desde criança sempre ficava admirado olhando e pensando nas pessoas que haviam criado essas coisas, é realmente de ficar fascinado com a inteligência humana e a esse ponto em que chegou. Vida longa aos engenheiros que estudaram e todos os outros do passado que se dedicaram até que hoje tenhamos tudo isso. Deus abençoe a todos.

[@M-DIY]

I love people who don't put useless music in their videos.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

Thanks. (-:

[@hareeshk5084]

Currect

[@venkatarr]

Same. Thanks for kool sound.

[@Nadros221]

Me too ...

[@skyasin1163]

ST

[@MuneeshKumar]

Wow, I never knew that these circuit boards are made this way. Excellent invention of its time.

[@Luis__Strobel]

They aren't made this way. Half an hour would be way too much time to produce just one PCB. Usually this "pattern" is applied by using some kind of stencil.

[@larrybud]

They aren't. This is for prototyping inhouse. Circuit boards are made using full sheet of copper laid onto an insulating sheet (such as fiberglass). A photoresist plastic layer is applied on top of the copper, and lasers are used to determine what should and shouldn't be masked. The photoresist is developed, leaving exposed copper on the places you don't actually want the copper. Then the exposed copper is dissolved (called 'etched') using a chemical bath. Holes are drilled, plated, etc. If the board is multiple layers this is done for each layer and compressed together.

[@gradydoran4738]

Didnt realize there was consumer grade stuff like this. I work for a multi billion dollar technology company in the electronics assembly department. I service printing, surfacemounting, through hole mounting, reflow, wave and selective solder equipment as well as a lot of the peripherals that support it. Pretty cool to see a desktop mini version.

[@Insane.bro24]

is that machine is operated manually or it is automated ?

[@cosmojose2633]

Isso é o máximo!! Uma previsão escomunal, sou recém formado técnico em automação e gosto muito disso. Parabéns aos criadores dessa máquina e aos programadores.

[@technical_guruji-qz1wd]

Amazing

[@hamiltonasantana]

Pelo visto a tinta já deve ser condutora pois a placa virgem não tem cobre. Mas é lento para produção em larga escala.

[@JohnDoe-rx3vn]

A good solution to keep those little sticky trails from dragging off the tip would be to have the printing head do a few tiny circles around the point it picks up from. Glass blowers do exactly that for the same reason, and the same principle works for most any viscous fluid. Watching this was mesmerizing, haha

[@icarossavvides2641]

Why bother? Just use a Steadler marker, they don't have that problem. This looks like some kind of 'paint' pen.

[@microphonixvirtualstudio1634]

Oh, thank you for not putting music in the video, it is so good to hear the machine.

[@dipankarroy9235]

Newfution

[@bachadiv3454]

The engineer and robot perfect picture and sound like music remix is amazing appreciated for this video and keep going up❤️

[@yappymat549]

Love the sound of the steppers working

[@robertcampbell5680]

Yes

[@СНЕСИОКНО]

The guards of all things will patent the sound of the engine and deprive us of this sweet music.

[@harshadk4595]

Thanks for the video. We never get to see such things while studying.

[@anthonyopereyra8269]

Que tecnologia 😻😻😻lindo demais 😍 uma obra prima Essa máquina faz numa delicadeza que imprecina. Muito top😍

[@g.k.6451]

Great art. How fine work done so perfectly.

[@parmarramesh6908]

MI

[@gundusubhash4858]

really it`s great to have this type of productive machines, it`s human revolution.

[@ManroopPanesar]

It's so relaxing to see this 😊

[@Demon40004]

Most important thing in every device and machinery

[@thexthretics]

love the sound, love the video. watching at 2x speed

[@aliabas7953]

2x speed

[@enioschwarz2288]

Muito top,esta inteligência de uma invenção de tecnologia de capacitância sem erros né...

[@Klausditerlacher]

A tecnologia e estudo acima de tudo.

[@astroidyt]

మానవుని యొక్క అద్భుత సృష్టి... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SuricatB]

"Also, I didn't put music in the video so you can enjoy the sound of the stepper motors of the V-One." Oh thanks xD Could you please give us a bit more info about what the green material underneath is, what filament you were using and if there is a place like thingiverse for PCBs? :) Thank you very much in advance!

[@lucasimark7992]

Suricat B. It's not a regular 3D printer. I think the pcb material is something proprietary from that company. It's also not using filament (conductive filament exists, but it's crap, I tried it) it's using a special paste, which flows and cures at room temperature. And lastly, there is no thingiverse for pcb's, i simply design them in Autodesk eagle and then use some freeware or fusion 360 to cam it. Hope I answered your questions.

[@nasratkahlaf636]

thats right its a special past homogenized with hot surface then cures .

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The "green material" is FR4, the same stuff that ordinary PCB's are made of. The "filament" is conductive silver ink, not plastic. www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2017/09/20/fr4-pcb-material/

[@najrul123]

Nokia 2

[@najrul123]

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[@seageatart775]

Amazing machine.....

[@robertcampbell5680]

OK

[@thiagotrindade5563]

Cada linha dessa é um circuito,junto com os componentes eletrônicos. Legal tecnologia.

[@littlegamer2259]

Spent 10 minute thinking about what im going to do with my life got distracted for 20+ minute watching this vod. Damn you!

[@midomilano5373]

توكيل

[@midomilano5373]

اوكي

[@djpl.45]

most satisfying video. nice kirk sound of stepper motor.

[@universetv5108]

Its very highfunny.. Very technically and well designed.. I 😍 it

[@abdullahal-adaileh7303]

What would the world be without Engineering mentality?

[@saksi_mata]

that sound... EARGASM!!

[@wesleything]

Olha a precisão dessa máquina! Por isso que esses produtos são bem valorizados!

[@lavacharam1346]

I'm so interested in these kind of technology

[@luisalejandrohernandezmaya254]

When it made the robotic sound... I felt that.

[@j2789]

Gusto ko ito panoorin ng paulit ulit

[@ZechsMerquise73]

This is cool. I came here because I had a dream about circuit printers, and was a little sad someone had already made a home production model. Maybe I'm not out of luck for coming up with my own yet, though, as the ink looks to have really slopped up the fine details.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

You could come up with one that drills the holes as well. It's kinda hard to drill holes when they are close.

[@aliasansari9915]

+Jonny Bergdahl m

[@benjaminloyer1293]

I know it has been a year but there is a module to do the drills to !

[@cocofong697]

Hey bro, want to know you.

[@jeronimomorenojimenez852]

Kn subio esto. Porfa ke suban otro este es el mejor videos ke esperaba lo vi todo completito y me gusto mucho. Suban otro como este .

[@SAEEDAHMAD-jk7yo]

Jerónimo Moreno Jiménez 3j3u0

[@michaelbayer5887]

... absolutely exact - the dream of constructeurs Like me - comes true.

[@g.k.6451]

Great art. Highley appreciable.

[@sagnost]

I love the sound

[@dirceub.r5907]

Fantastic machine. Very nice.

[@georgealanminor]

Yours is one of the only videos of it working that's produced independently. Thanks for this. Would the end result be improved if the flow of the silver ink were reduced? Is that an option? The Voltera produced videos showcase perfect flow rate with no extra buildup whereas there seems to be some "overextrusion" (as it would be called on an FDM printer) in your video. Cheers.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The camera magnification makes the result look more bumpy than it really is. But yes, you can control to flow rate, even during printing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXa4qH9-nK-ZZrM

[@methuselahbwalya9981]

👊 powerful awesome stuff . Love it , much appreciated ☺

[@VTOLAircraftMad]

However they’re deciding which order to draw the traces in it could use some optimisation. The head goes all over the place.

[@johnmoney910]

I believe, maybe for temp purposes

[@loganvanderwier8866]

@@johnmoney910 It's not heated when it's being layed down.

[@valveman12]

This would also be great for flexible PCBs as well.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

They do sell a special flexible ink for that.

[@valveman12]

Jonny Bergdahl It is amazing what is available now for the home hobbyist.

[@iAppleBetaOFFICIAL]

Most satisfying video

[@Rahul-gq8us]

Background music is nice

[@sachinwaghmare5720]

Machines are greatest invention

[@szjohnwong]

This machine lets me remembered the age of plotter, it has 8 pens and draws only one line at a time, it took hours to draw a complicated drawing. It then was replaced by a big printer. will it happen in this area?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

Yeah, I remember those old pen plotters. I don't think there will be a PCB printer much bigger than the V-One though. It's main purpose is to print fast prototype boards, so printing big doesn't apply.

[@luisalbertonaranjo2044]

Saludos amigo de acá de Santiago Chile

[@nelsonleonardogarciaeslava8487]

Very good idea tecnology

[@oscarchitupa5427]

thanks for uploading this video I didn't know how they print this

[@YamenNazer]

Woooooooooow i love this precise machine

[@andymouse]

Cool, very soothing....cheers.

[@bagassetiawan1478]

After watch greatscott's video, somehow this video appear in my recommendation video.

[@agtech9527]

Really satisfying

[@myknowledgeword5968]

I love machines sound..nice printing..

[@sigithandoyo6227]

Excellent video. Good Job.

[@danielramirezcruz.2209]

Fantastic video fantastic machine... thanks..

[@randyleonard2623]

At first I thought it was engraving, but in retrospect it's laying down conductive plastic? Where did you find that? Do you have a link?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

www.voltera.io/

[@krisea3807]

Circuit board looks very neat and perfect. But to make one board it takes so much time, that is the only concern.

[@rishubhartiofficial4762]

*Amazing video* thanks for watching 🌹🌹💚💚💚💚💚🌹🌹🌹🌹💚💚💚🌹🌹🌹🌹💚💚💚💚

[@yasinmuc]

wonderful big shouts to you @Uganda

[@user-zz8nq6bw7u]

ممكن اعرف كيف العمل بالاله لان عندي ولاكن طريقت التشغير تصعب عليه وشكرآ

[@nasirosman518]

محمد الدفاعي الدفاعي السلام وعليكم اخوي والله فطول دي حق ايش هي ده ؟؟ يعمل ايش هوه

[@user-zz8nq6bw7u]

منوعات فراكش اخي الغالي الأله تعمل غرائط اجهزه كهربائيه تحكم بالكميوتر

[@nasirosman518]

محمد الدفاعي الدفاعي توبي فهما الله يوفقك ياغالي لي الإمام وبتوفيق

[@user-zz8nq6bw7u]

منوعات فراكش شكرآ اخي الغالي

[@user-wy8tk9pc7s]

@@user-zz8nq6bw7u من اين لك بالاله هل خمطته

[@storytellcartoon]

Informative Video. Thanks for upload

[@aabeejan4238]

what material is using in the printing? Gold or brass ?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

It is a silver based ink.

[@karthikeyanp6799]

Motor sound really gooood

[@muhammadshafeeque9264]

Best fantastic technology

[@michaeld9682]

conductive silver ink? Does it have much resistance? any drawbacks?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The drawback is that the ink don't hold up for the temperature of normal solder, you need to use a low temperature solder. As for the resistance I see no problems, on the other hand I only design digital circuits. Voltera has posted this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGZmHSjjJiZhdU

[@ajmalsvlog]

PCP printing machine how mani price were,are biring

[@IIT995]

Will the solder paste work on the glass substrate ? Any idea?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The ink is printable on glass, yes.

[@mgabrielle2343]

Brilliant machine, very similar to a rotary engraving machine, what I need to know is what is deposited on a board, is it molten substance and is it copper or tin and how does it stick to board, does it stick to board because it is molten.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

It's silver ink.

[@waynethompson8416]

Is that the silver ink that is about 2 ohms per inch of trace? Have you actually built a circuit using this process and if so, have you built an RF circuit using the process? Maybe you could put a link here to a video of a circuit that you built using this process and showing it working with some verbal description of the project.

[@sawajiri100]

wow nice! this printing machine have a camera as eye? -) because amazing exactly line by line

[@JonnyBergdahl]

It does not.

[@branimirremic4258]

Ovo je dobro za povledat , korisno sve Ok.

[@drx.rakeshbajaj2084]

Wow very awesome matchine

[@akhila838]

Set speed 2X Sit back & enjoy😉😉

[@jahidahmadcomedy7869]

thanku mai is video ko dekh kar mai banane ka kosish karunga.

[@gustavofroede6827]

Como eu vim parar aqui?? E ainda assisti tudo

[@prof.cassiano]

Kkkkkkk pois é. Digo a mesma coisa.

[@valentesonto1740]

🤣

[@valentesonto1740]

Quarentena, é a resposta

[@mahamadouabdouabdou1121]

@@prof.cassiano yane

[@prof.cassiano]

@@mahamadouabdouabdou1121 Yane? Não entendi.

[@sibanidhanwar2]

Useful video thank you ...

[@technologyworld9462]

Hi

[@anfangszauber]

It looks like the ink is "oozing" almost all the time. So how low can you actually go in detail e.g. spacing traces, pin pitch etc.?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The oozing is not a big problem, and you can make ot ooze less by decreasing the flow. Voltera states a pin to pin pitch of 32 mil, 08 mm. There is an experimental nozzle capable of a smaller pitch however.

[@noar5615]

บรรทึกก่อนระสำคัญที่สุด

[@johnstanckovich2505]

Saludos desde Mérida Venezuela

[@RomarioGoes]

Hay comida?

[@johnstanckovich2505]

@@RomarioGoes y bastante para el que trabaje porque para el flojo mantenido del gobierno no hay nada

[@paulosucamramos129]

Incrivelmente genial!!!!!

[@Fkk580]

I doubt the quality. I see useless resistance.. im only first year so please correct me if im wrong

[@sebastianschmidt566]

What would really depending on the resistance of the "ink" used . Also depends on circuit you build. But i dit see other problems Line thickness for todays SMD parts that could really be a problem. Also how good Sticks the " ink" to the Board. And a longterm problem could be corrosion , at least for me it looks like silverparticle based ink. And small particle in general speeding up corrosion of metalls.

[@inquisitorbaldy]

It's hard to use, makes really fragile pcb's, Makes a lot of annoying noises and you have to watch it constantly so it doesn't do anything wrong. And the materials are crasy expensive.

[@MrBatbuddy]

Very cool machine. I am wondering how well the traces stick to the board, will they chip off easily? and when drilling does it rip up the traces? Thanks for posting the video.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

I haven't had any such problems. After printing, you bake the board with the heatplate.

[@MrBatbuddy]

Thanks for the reply, and for sharing this demo.

[@shabeerahmadpage]

yes for cheeeper reply

[@moonkazmi4364]

Aa

[@familbagirzade6424]

what is the name of the machine

[@MIGASHOORAY]

Now you need a machine to populate the board !

[@koolander89]

Noob question. How is a working pcb? What a router should do is remove the space between traces and leave traces intact. What I see here is trace being routed throud the green film. If etched is this will rest in a negative circuit. I must be missing something

[@JonnyBergdahl]

It is not routing, it is printing with silver ink on a blank PCB.

[@michaelwilliamspack4333]

Nice work guys

[@yousifyousif2307]

I'm studing electronic engineering in the best university in sudan but i see the europian people do strangest things like this printer device as there was came from mars 😂😂😂

[@ahmedsleem2787]

Hi What he make🌹

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Now I can build my own smartphone!

[@GautamKumarGoswami]

Good to see this video, but, I doubt about its accuracy-that is. Accuracy of the drilling hole details another point. But thanks for uploading a nice tech video.

[@voltera_io]

Our technical specs are here, www.voltera.io/specs/

[@hulktube253]

Imagine the person who designed the board

[@itsmenizumol]

Imagine the one who created the man whom you told about ....

[@chrisbck2490]

@@itsmenizumol his mum? Why?

[@hussamboissa5042]

what is the program you used to make the design and how did you transfer it to g-code ? \

[@JonnyBergdahl]

I used Autodesk Eagle, exported Gerber files, and imported those in the Voltera software.

[@santoshpiyamail]

Amazing fill...

[@punpck]

nice, but not practical ... and there is a short ... the gound-area with the thick track entering it :D

[@alokkumarsingh5889]

Thomas Pmaxuw but to good

[@ScottJanousek]

Fixing is a short is possible before the cure ... but also designing for machine capabilities is important.This is an ambitious layout IMO.

[@hamdankhan9283]

Hdvjdu

[@JonnyBergdahl]

As you can see from this video, there are no shorts. Even though this board was not designed to be printed by this machine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXa4qH9-nK-ZZrM

[@Tony_Tavo]

Thomas Pmaxuw also I don't think that ic will flow properly unless that board gets a good leveling.

[@surajpawanrajraj3974]

video bahut achhe laga mujhe

[@khaledal-quran2dz250]

Video wonderful wonderful wonderful creativity with success and success

[@KillerPro1001]

Dear Jonny, green surface is photoresist, isn't it?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

No, it's just a PCB substrate without the copper layer. The material is called FR4.

[@larrybud]

Why does the injection nozzle backtrack a few mm at the end of each trace?

[@JonnyBergdahl]

To avoid a blob of ink at the end point.

[@thefatmoop]

Awesome but jeez oshpark results are so darn high quality and cheap. You still gotta drill and test the pcb here

[@akhtarKhan-kx7ik]

love you

[@JonnyBergdahl]

The Voltera is used for fast prototyping, as ordering PCB's takes 2 weeks. It's first when you have tested the prototype PCB it's time to order a real PCB.

[@rjvepr]

this needs 10x speed on youtube

[@valveman12]

That is what the slider is for.

[@rjvepr]

kinda afraid to skip smth important ))) but yeah, that wil do

[@4angelesdeleufrates]

that machine need velocity