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Any recommendations for the US? All the circuits I’ve ever made were breadboarded, this could be a fun direction to take.

by GuiA 8y ago

edoo 8y ago
China is the 9 day shipping component. I use JLCPCB most and SeedStudio because depending on the features each has their own pricing benefit. If you are comfortable with a paste syringe and the component count is small you can skip the stencil and order multiple projects at the same time to seriously save on shipping. Youtube has great videos on stencil pasting and reflow soldering with a heat gun. If you aren't familiar with EDA software you can start at Fritzing or EasyEda and move on to Kicad. Altium is the standard at big businesses. Here is an example of an MCU based tilt sensor I made earlier this year. I have about 12 hours total into it including inception/design/layout/soldering. It would have taken me 12 hours to breadboard it with components I couldn't use in production. I do this a lot so my process is rather streamlined. I made about 25 boards this year, mostly small test circuits. https://imgur.com/a/XJxp0tO https://imgur.com/a/XJxp0tO
hak8or 8y ago
Go with OSH park instead of China. Their support is gnebuinky amazing, and the service in general. Is 5 days for a 2 layer board with 5 dollars per square inch of design for 3 boards, and free shipping. The company is active on Twitter and its founder is awesome based on interviews he gives with various electronic podcasts.
- secure 8y ago
  +1 I’ve been using OSH park for the last few projects. Way easier to get started (they take Eagle files and supply design rule files), quick shipping, amazing support.
bcl 8y ago
In the past I've used AP Circuits (https://www.apcircuits.com/home.aspx https://www.apcircuits.com/home.aspx) and E-Teknet (https://e-teknet.com/ https://e-teknet.com/) with good results from Eagle CAD pcb files. It has been a few years though, so YMMV.

Any recommendations for the US? All the circuits I’ve ever made were breadboarded, this could be a fun direction to take.

by GuiA 8y ago

Any recommendations for the US? All the circuits I’ve ever made were breadboarded, this could be a fun direction to take.

edoo 8y ago

China is the 9 day shipping component. I use JLCPCB most and SeedStudio because depending on the features each has their own pricing benefit. If you are comfortable with a paste syringe and the component count is small you can skip the stencil and order multiple projects at the same time to seriously save on shipping. Youtube has great videos on stencil pasting and reflow soldering with a heat gun. If you aren't familiar with EDA software you can start at Fritzing or EasyEda and move on to Kicad. Altium is the standard at big businesses. Here is an example of an MCU based tilt sensor I made earlier this year. I have about 12 hours total into it including inception/design/layout/soldering. It would have taken me 12 hours to breadboard it with components I couldn't use in production. I do this a lot so my process is rather streamlined. I made about 25 boards this year, mostly small test circuits. https://imgur.com/a/XJxp0tO https://imgur.com/a/XJxp0tO

hak8or 8y ago

Go with OSH park instead of China. Their support is gnebuinky amazing, and the service in general. Is 5 days for a 2 layer board with 5 dollars per square inch of design for 3 boards, and free shipping. The company is active on Twitter and its founder is awesome based on interviews he gives with various electronic podcasts.

secure 8y ago
+1 I’ve been using OSH park for the last few projects. Way easier to get started (they take Eagle files and supply design rule files), quick shipping, amazing support.

bcl 8y ago

In the past I've used AP Circuits (https://www.apcircuits.com/home.aspx https://www.apcircuits.com/home.aspx) and E-Teknet (https://e-teknet.com/ https://e-teknet.com/) with good results from Eagle CAD pcb files. It has been a few years though, so YMMV.