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JLC is too cheap now to do this yourself.

• junon 3y ago
  OP is complaining about turnaround times for development, not cost. Also, really take a look at JLC's component prices and compare them. Some of their markup, namely for ICs, is borderline criminal.
  • conductr 3y ago
    I’m in same boat. Turnaround is awful for anything besides the most basic boards, and that being fast doesn’t really help when it’s just quickly entering a slow delivery process. I find pricing really scattered everywhere. Often mouser and digikey, which others swear by, have worst pricing (and availability). But I think these places are intentionally high on some items to discourage production runs and keep it a prototyping service. Not sure why they care though.
    • junon 2y ago
      As far as I understand, Arrow is where you go when you need larger component batches. And if you're too big for Arrow, you probably already have a Chinese manufacturer in the works.