Soldering apparatus, computer-readable medium, and soldering method

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer of a soldering apparatus having a motor configured to move a soldering iron relative to a system origin point, cause the computer to perform a soldering method comprising:

• receiving gerber data including definitions of a plurality of physical features of a substrate, the definitions including substrate coordinates for each of the physical features relative to a substrate origin point on the substrate, the substrate origin point being different from the system origin point;
• receiving, separately from the gerber data, system coordinates for the substrate origin point, the system coordinates for the substrate origin point being relative to the system origin point;
• extracting from the received gerber data, the substrate coordinates of at least one of the physical features of the substrate;
• using the extracted substrate coordinates to derive system coordinates for the at least one of the physical features of the substrate, the system coordinates for the at least one of the physical features being relative to the system origin point;
• and
• controlling the motor according to at least some of the derived system coordinates in order to perform a soldering process on the substrate.

A soldering method performed by a computer of a soldering apparatus having a motor configured to move a soldering iron relative to a system origin point, the method comprising:

• receiving gerber data including definitions of a plurality of physical features of a substrate, the definitions including substrate coordinates for each of the physical features relative to a substrate origin point on the substrate, the substrate origin point being different from the system origin point;
• receiving, separately from the gerber data, system coordinates for the substrate origin point, the system coordinates for the substrate origin point being relative to the system origin point;
• extracting from the received gerber data, the substrate coordinates of at least one of the physical features of the substrate;
• and
• using the extracted substrate coordinates to derive system coordinates for the at least one of the physical features of the substrate, the system coordinates for the at least one of the physical features being relative to the system origin point;
• and
• controlling the motor according to at least some of the derived system coordinates in order to perform a soldering process on the substrate.