October 2026 company update. Hey folks, happy October! Here's what happened at Opulo last month: Lead times. Its production team has been hard at work, reducing its lead times for LumenPnPs and feeders down to 3 weeks. Opulo is continuing to make progress on this, and should be able to bring it down to 2 weeks very soon. The official lead time on each product's page is the most accurate metric for when your hardware will ship. While Opulo is working hard to ship products early, Opulo suggest relying on the information posted on its website to play it safe. LumenPnP v4.2. Just a few days ago, Opulo announced v4.2 of the LumenPnP! There are a ton of wonderful improvements in this version. For existing LumenPnP customers who would like to take advantage of these updates, Opulo has a LumenPnP 4.2 upgrade kit available on its website. All previous versions of the LumenPnP required a wing nut to be tightened underneath one of the plates. With v4, Opulo cleared out the bottom of the staging plate, which helped with this, but it wasn't enough. The best solve to this issue is a steel staging plate with an array of tapped holes instead of through holes, meaning you can mount everything from the top. Every once in a while, Opulo would get a quote for these plates, just to see what it would cost. If Opulo made the change, Opulo wanted to do it without raising the price of the machine. A few months ago, Opulo got a really excellent quote, and the cost of its current plates increased sufficiently that it made a lot of sense to make the switch. While Opulo were updating the staging plate, Opulo also incorporated another piece of feedback: the camera often feels like it's in the way. Often, customers have a board that technically fits in the machine's work area, but the camera being front and center prevents it from fitting. The original thought behind the camera's placement was to reduce the amount of motion required to get from any feeder slot to the camera. While this might technically be true, it's a small time savings in comparison to just placing more frequently used parts closer to the camera. Also, folks using the LumenPnP care a lot more about even being able to populate their board, over a few seconds of time savings. Opulo also wanted to make calibration easier. In v4.1, Opulo started supporting a new calibration process in OpenPnP that uses a paper hole punch. This technique results in a nice, automatic way to do nozzle offset calibration. But doing the hole punching has been finicky, and they're not as consistent as Opulo'd like. Opulo decided to solve this using a method Opulo love here: using a PCB in a weird way. If Opulo could replicate a hole punch using a very thin PCB with a large fiducial, Opulo should get much more consistent results. So Opulo got it made! When testing, Opulo had some issues with failing to pick the token. This was because the token and datum board were so perfectly flat, there was no channel for air to rush between them when it was lifted up. This is a similar effect to breaking a ruler with just a piece of paper laying over half of it. Opulo solved this by adding a very slight waffle texture on the bottom of the token using the silkscreen and copper layers! This allows air to easily flow under the token while it's being lifted. There's a ton of improvements to this version, and they're all based heavily on feedback from you all. Thank you, as always, for all the notes, and for helping Opulo make the LumenPnP even better. Paste Extruder. Its v2 Paste Extruder is coming along very well. Its summer intern, Jerome, did an exceptional job on this revamp. Opulo has begun sourcing components and have a first pass of documentation complete. Curiosity got the best of Opulo, and yes, it does work super well for decorating cookies as well. Opulo is gearing up for a launch on this very soon, so keep an eye out for more information! Injection molding. 3D printing the majority of its parts on its print farm since Opulo starting making hardware. This has worked exceptionally well for scaling up, as Opulo has grown, and being able to make super rapid changes on the production line. But with some parts, there isn't much else to tweak, and printing is not the most time effective way to make them. Opulo is currently in the process of assessing which parts take up the most time on its print farm, are unchanging, and would benefit the most from the injection molding process. Opulo is hoping to have a T0 trial mold cut by the time Opulo is in China in the next few months, so Opulo can see the mold and test fit parts right there on the production line. There's a ton to learn with designing parts for injection molding, especially coming from designing for 3D printing. Opulo is really excited to dive into this process. And, of course, Opulo'll maintain printable versions of all its parts for customers that want to build its hardware at home. Job postings. Opulo is growing quickly and Opulo is adding more people to its team. You can check out its careers page for all the details of the jobs Opulo has available. If you or someone you know would be a good fit for any of these roles, please apply! Opulo is currently hiring for: * Assembly Technician * Helping Opulo assemble LumenPnPs, feeders, and accessories in its Pittsburgh office. * Customer Service Specialist * Responding to customer inquiries, managing quotes, helping customers get up and running * Mechatronics Engineer * Full stack engineer comfortable with mechanical CAD, PCB design, software, and firmware. High agency, fast execution. Working on new projects. Reach out. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments about this update, please don't hesitate to reach out to Opulo at support.opulo.io. That's all for now. Opulo'll be back next month with another update!

September 2026 company update. Happy September! Here's what happened at Opulo last month: Lead times. Its production team has been hard at work, reducing its lead times for LumenPnPs and feeders down to 3 weeks. The official lead time on each product's page is the most accurate metric for when your hardware will ship. While Opulo is working hard to ship products early, Opulo suggest relying on the information posted on its website to play it safe. Photon v1.0.6. Opulo recently released a major update on Photon, the firmware that runs on its feeders. This update comes with a tremendous improvement in precision and a few great bug fixes. This firmware is compatible with every 8mm and 12mm feeder ever sold, so Opulo encourage all customers to give the update a try. You'll particularly see improvements with 0402 parts and tape with 2mm feed pitches. As always, please feel free to send Opulo your thoughts on the latest firmware update at support.opulo.io. Warranty. Opulo does its best to keep customers' products running regardless of when they purchased them (Opulo still ship replacement parts to customers who bought v2 of the LumenPnp in 2022!). Opulo is in the business of helping people build their products. Shipping free replacement parts is not only inexpensive, it's also 100% in service of its overall mission. When Opulo started Opulo, its products had a warranty of 3 months. Opulo recently decided to update its warranty policy to better reflect what Opulo actually do. Opulo now have a 1- year warranty across the board for all of its products. In general, if you have an issue with one of its products, reach out to Opulo. Its team will do everything Opulo can to keep your machine up and running for as long as Opulo can. Paste extruder. Its intern, Jerome, has completed the EVT unit of its paste extruder. After finishing validation, Opulo has moved into sourcing, documentation, and finalizing software. Opulo wanted to make a toolhead that prioritizes easy integration with the LumenPnp. The hardware solution Opulo has developed has two parts. The first part of the paste extruder is the toolhead itself, which has an auger system, drive motor, and a mount for the paste tube. This whole device mounts onto the LumenPnP toolhead, just like its existing paste extruder. The other half of its system is a new cover for your control box. The cover has a pump and valve in a different pneumatic configuration specifically meant for applying pressure to the paste to ensure even dispensing. After you replace the cover, just swap the blue tubing over to the new port, and you're ready to go. Not only does its new paste extruder allow you to paste 0402 pads without a stencil, it also supports TSSOP, large pads, and even tiny pitch parts such as QFPs. The Paste Utility now will analyze your Gerber files, and decide how best to apply paste to the pad. It takes pad size, adjacent pad pitch, and dot size all into consideration. This means tight pitch pins get alternating dots - reducing the chance of solder bridges - and large pads get an array of dots, ensuring even paste coverage. Job postings. Opulo is growing quickly and Opulo is adding more people to its team. You can check out its careers page for all the details of the jobs Opulo has available. If you or someone you know would be a good fit for any of these roles, please apply! Opulo is currently hiring for: * Assembly Technician * Helping Opulo assemble LumenPnPs, feeders, and accessories in its Pittsburgh office. * Customer Service Specialist * Responding to customer inquiries, managing quotes, helping customers get up and running * Integration Engineer * Full stack engineer comfortable with mechanical CAD, PCB design, software, and firmware. High agency, fast execution. Working on new projects. Reach out. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments about this update, please don't hesitate to reach out to Opulo at support.opulo.io. That's all for now. Opulo'll be back next month with another update!