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Cool concept but as someone that makes quite a few PCBs a year I don't see any use of this for me personally. Once you get to a certain component size and laye
by sschueller 1y ago
Cool concept but as someone that makes quite a few PCBs a year I don't see any use of this for me personally.
Once you get to a certain component size and layer count, home making PCBs doesn't make any more sense.
I do still order only PCB and solder stencil initially to hand solder and test boards before PCBA but by that time I have tested most on breadboards and fitted the PCB in CAD to wherever it will go.
While waiting the 1-2 weeks for the boards and components I usually work on the firmware.
- tliltocatl 1y agoOnce the Chinese close the border and the domestic fabs raise their prices it will be very useful.
- wronex 1y agoOn that note, my last PCBway order took four weeks to arrive. Dunno if it was a random fluke, but it sure came with more border regulations incantations attached to the box than usual.
- tliltocatl 1y agoJust had to quickly find replacement for all NXP stuff we were using on a prototype board already sent to assembly. Good that we aren't using their MCU, only some discretes. And good that we git a proper B2B contact so it was polite warning rather than being ghosted like PCBway did to some hobbyists out there.
- sschueller 1y agoSwitzerland has a free trade agreement with China so that is highly unlikely to happen even with US and EU pressure.
- estimator7292 1y agoHave you tried getting something tabbed domestically? I was just given a quote of $20k for ten boards about the size of a phone. The other domestic fab I tried dicked me around for three weeks before I got a quote. $5k this time. PCBway wants $500