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Having recently designed and produced a low volume (<1000 units), low-complexity (2 layer / 30ish placement) board, I was very happy that my relationship with t

by mik3y 13y ago

Having recently designed and produced a low volume (<1000 units), low-complexity (2 layer / 30ish placement) board, I was very happy that my relationship with the assembly house was not fully abstracted behind an API! I suspect this was more of an editorial/marketing flourish.. When there was a problem with the SMT stencil over a connector hole that might have hurt durability, the fab's CTO called me up and then worked with the stencil house to add an aperature. We worked together similarly on balancing cost vs quality when weighing numerous otherwise-equivalent board and parts suppliers. And so on.. That said, it's great to see new stuff in this space. I'm very curious to give CircuitHub a try and see how it compares to my favorite (lower-tech) shop..

seddona 13y ago
Oh yeah i've been there! We hope to eliminate a lot of those types of issues but in future we will be handling that communication from within the web interface. We're working closely with our first partner CM http://www.worthingtonassembly.com/ http://www.worthingtonassembly.com/ to achieve this. They are awesome and even if you dont decide to use CircuitHub you should check them out!
- EChrisDenney 13y ago
  seddona - he has. I'm the CTO he's referring to :)
  - seddona 13y ago
    small world!
etrautmann 13y ago
Many of these types of issues should be addressed through design rule checkers in your software, though these need to be matched to the capabilities of the PCB manufacturing house...
- EChrisDenney 13y ago
  I couldn't agree more. That's where CircuitHub can help. We're going to work really tightly with them to provide constant feedback. Everytime we learn something it will improve the DRC. And since the DRC will be based directly on our capabilities it should become remarkably accurate.
pravda 13y ago
This gizmo? ("Kegbot") https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c976e2ca85652a5f4014077_large.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c97... If that's it, and you are at liberty to say, how much was assembly per board?
- toomuchtodo 13y ago
  Kegbot!? googles and then proceeds to run to Kickstarter

by mik3y 13y ago

seddona 13y ago

Oh yeah i've been there! We hope to eliminate a lot of those types of issues but in future we will be handling that communication from within the web interface. We're working closely with our first partner CM http://www.worthingtonassembly.com/ http://www.worthingtonassembly.com/ to achieve this. They are awesome and even if you dont decide to use CircuitHub you should check them out!

EChrisDenney 13y ago
seddona - he has. I'm the CTO he's referring to :)
- seddona 13y ago
  small world!

etrautmann 13y ago

Many of these types of issues should be addressed through design rule checkers in your software, though these need to be matched to the capabilities of the PCB manufacturing house...

EChrisDenney 13y ago
I couldn't agree more. That's where CircuitHub can help. We're going to work really tightly with them to provide constant feedback. Everytime we learn something it will improve the DRC. And since the DRC will be based directly on our capabilities it should become remarkably accurate.

pravda 13y ago

This gizmo? ("Kegbot") https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c976e2ca85652a5f4014077_large.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c97... If that's it, and you are at liberty to say, how much was assembly per board?

toomuchtodo 13y ago
Kegbot!? googles and then proceeds to run to Kickstarter