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Engineers in the US would be able to get five iterations done using US fabs and assembly too, it’d just cost a ton more to get the same lead times and pay for t
by throwup238 2y ago
Engineers in the US would be able to get five iterations done using US fabs and assembly too, it’d just cost a ton more to get the same lead times and pay for the NRE.
Last time I worked on something of this complexity in 2019, 1 week turn around prototypes would cost $2-5k for the assembled PCBs from China but $30-50k in the US. It also took a bit more effort and inventory to make sure all the parts were stocked or shipped on time, which is a problem when you can’t visit Shenzhen’s malls if you’re missing a part. Once the first iteration was done, we were averaging between one and two months per revision. It’s very doable but nobody except medical, defense, and aerospace are willing to pay the price.