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I love OSH Park. Their boards are very high quality and their design rules allow for some small traces, spaces, annular rings, and drills. Small relative to oth
by Gracana 13y ago
I love OSH Park. Their boards are very high quality and their design rules allow for some small traces, spaces, annular rings, and drills. Small relative to other batch-based and small-volume services, anyway... the limits are still a little too big for properly escaping common BGA packages, which is the hurdle I'm trying to overcome right now.
- mkhattab 13y agoBGA packages are definitely a pain in the ass. Especially highly dense BGAs, which probably require more than 4 layers. Assuming you have the PCB manufactured, would you assemble the components yourself? I recall being quoted higher for BGA components at a PCB assembly service because they needed to X-ray each BGA for inspection.
- pmorici 13y agoFor small run assembly I've heard positive things about this place mentioned on adafruit but I've never used them looks like they do BGA http://www.smallbatchassembly.com/faq/#What-is-this-place- http://www.smallbatchassembly.com/faq/#What-is-this-place-
- Gracana 13y agoYeah, I'd do the assembly myself. A reflow oven is not difficult to build, it can be done with standard industrial automation/process control components. I wouldn't have the quality assurance that a real shop has, but the process and resultant boards ought to be reliable enough to make it worthwhile for a hobbyist.
- mcescalante 13y agoYes, probably better to assemble the components yourself. It's much more expensive to get it done for you. I have no issues hand soldering 0805 or 0603 surface mount parts (for non-production), and an oven is equally as easy after a few tries. Even getting an SMT placement machine to do the work would be cheaper than dealing with BGA.