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Any tips if I wanted to get something pre manufactured through the big pcb players? How to figure out what parts are in stock, what can be used with each other
by ace2358 3y ago
Any tips if I wanted to get something pre manufactured through the big pcb players?
How to figure out what parts are in stock, what can be used with each other. Any tips for beginners?
I’m looking to get a pcb with parts soldered on (ws2812 LEDs, atmega328 and supporting parts. Is this easy and feasible to do?
- lnsru 3y agoI do my assemblies by myself. It’s faster and more convenient during prototyping stage. While the boards alone cost 400€, with assembly it might cost 4000€. First revision has errors and it’s a waste of 4000€ then. I can recommend in Germany Beta LAYOUT GmbH. They do usual boards for good price with good quality. Be aware, that nobody wants waste the time with 1500€ first order with assembly of 5 boards. Maybe you can find some student willing to play with electronics on weekend for cheap. And yeeah, maybe overseas is cheaper. But I don’t do that anymore.
- mlsu 3y agoI have not put in an order yet, but I am looking at JLCPCB which seems to have a wide-ish variety (not like mouser or digikey but still, most things available) of parts at reasonable prices. I am designing with their partslist in mind so that they can assemble for me especially the tiny SMT stuff that I have no hope of doing myself. I think you may need to pay a bit of extra fees if you don't use their "in house" parts but so far it looks reasonable.