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The two week wait just tells me you don't value your time during the rapid prototyping stage. Why exactly do you need a manufacturing process during prototyping
by imtringued 3y ago
The two week wait just tells me you don't value your time during the rapid prototyping stage. Why exactly do you need a manufacturing process during prototyping that is exactly the same as your manufacturing process? Ok the domestic manufacturer charges 50€ more for the same PCB (price at 10 units) but they offer rapid turnaround including shipping in three or even less days.
- malfist 3y agoI think he's implying he buys his ICs and components from China instead of Amazon or somewhere local with fast shipping
- anymouse123456 3y agoIt's not just the fab. Have you found domestic assembly services that will take a hobbyist prototype order, charge less than $2k and turn in under 2 weeks (US or Euro)? For ~100 SKUs and 200-400 placements.
- mips_r4300i 3y agoAs far as spinning boards goes, you can get bare pcbs back from China in a couple weeks. If you pay extra, that can be 10 days. I use a Korean quickturn when I need the PCB shipped within 3 days, but it costs a pretty penny. Producing PCBs domestically in the US is a sad joke. There are only 3 types of fabs here: 1. Stuck in the 80s and can't do much more than 2 layers and 10/10mil 2. Super high-end govt contractor ITAR jobs programs. Great quality but thousands for a run 3. Other shops that claim to produce pcbs but actually just farm them out to a partner in China and reship. So even for protos China pretty much always wins. As a price comparison, let's take an 8layer board I quoted through Screaming Circuits in the US. $4k. PCBway can do the same board for a bit over $300.
- jdboyd 3y agoWould you mind providing a reference to the Korean quick term service do you use?
- mips_r4300i 3y agoU&I quickturnpcb.co.kr