[sdiy] Cheapest but good Chinese PCB manufacturer..
Roman Sowa
modular at go2.pl
Wed Nov 15 09:31:25 CET 2023
Talking about JLC packing, I noticed they have probably replaced entire
packing team about a year ago. It was always randomly dropped foil-packs
with PCBs, with some styrofoam on the corners maybe, basicaly garbage
can apearance. But now I get big box full of small boxes, nothing is
loosely wandering inside, and in those boxes up to 70% of space is used
by polyethylene foam filler with precisely cut shapes.
As a box packer myself in my day job I can really understand and
appreciate the effort.
Roman
W dniu 2023-11-15 o 08:08, Mike Beauchamp pisze:
> Since we're talking about JLC, here's a tour of the factory that Strange
> Parts did about 5 years ago:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljOoGyCso8s
>
> My only bad experience with JLC was shipping a very large order with TH
> parts. The large TH parts poked through the foam between boards and
> fucked up the adjacent boards. Some traces were scratched, some SMT
> parts were knocked off (or worse, knocked loose but still in place).
>
> I didn't open that shipment until months after it arrived and didn't
> attempt to follow up with JLC about the damage although probably would
> have made it right, it was easier for me to just fix the boards manually.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 2023-11-14 03:47, Spiros Makris via Synth-diy wrote:
>> I've been using JLCPCB for some time now, they have been great so far.
>> I have tried up to 4 layer boards,
>> edge connectors, mousebites, oval cutouts (eagle...), everything was
>> executed flawlessly. The PCBA is also nice, they have most jellybean
>> components in stock and solder quality is good.
>>
>> On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 03:44, jslee via Synth-diy
>> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I stopped using OSHPark for this reason. The purple was nice
>> but I wanted clean edges.
>>
>> For many years I happily used Seeed Studio ... but recently tried
>> JLCPCB and they were great for my modest needs.
>>
>> I also recently submitted my first order with assembly which was
>> interesting, again with JLCPCB. MiniPCIe adapters to fit m.2 NVMe
>> storage inside PCEngines APU2 fanless servers. 8-layer boards! Not
>> my design (was on Github) but it all worked and I feel slightly more
>> confident about the process now
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023, at 12:43, brianw wrote:
>> > OSHPark in Oregon does a good job, and saves money by pooling
>> multiple
>> > customers onto a single panel.
>> >
>> > ... but your mention that PCBWAY cuts the edges smooth is
>> worthy of
>> > note - at least in comparison to OSHPark, who design perforations
>> > between customer designs, and this makes at least part of the
>> edges
>> > very rough. They've added features recently, so they might be
>> worth
>> > checking out. The quotes are automated, so you might as well see
>> what
>> > it would cost. Plus, they generate nice pictures that help you
>> check
>> > your Gerbers before you order, and that's useful even if you order
>> > somewhere else.
>> >
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >
>> > On Nov 3, 2023, at 2:10 PM, Oren Leavitt via Synth-diy
>> > <synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org>> wrote:
>> >> I use PCBWAY a lot - the boards are perfect and edges are
>> smoothly cut. Turnaround time to USA is less than two weeks. I had
>> my boards as soon as one week one time.
>> >>
>> >> I have not tried the assembly service, yet.
>> >>
>> >> There's also BasicPCB.com, based in the USA. Their "ValueSpec"
>> option is great if you just need a few boards and don't mind them
>> choosing color/thickness etc. They don't do slotted holes however.
>> >>
>> >> - Oren
>> >>
>> >> On 11/3/23 11:29 AM, Jean-Pierre Desrochers wrote:
>> >>> So I can see PCBWAY is not on your list.. Interesting.. Why ?
>> >>>
>> >>> By the way I’ll rarely need parts assembly to be done.. Only
>> PCB manufacturing. That’s it !
>> >>>
>> >>> De : Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org
>> <mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org>> De la part de Jean-Pierre
>> Desrochers
>> >>> Envoyé : 3 novembre 2023 11:30
>> >>> À : Synth-diy at synth-diy.org <mailto:Synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>> >>> Objet : [Polluriel détecté] [sdiy] Cheapest but good Chinese
>> PCB manufacturer..
>> >>> Importance : Faible
>> >>>
>> >>> I know this question has been asked millions of time..
>> >>> Over the last years I did business with a local PCB shop in
>> Quebec City for all my small electronics projects
>> >>> With very good low priced quotes,
>> >>> But unfortunately the shop burnt down this year.. So..
>> >>> I’ll ask you all where should I send my gerber files for PCB
>> making
>> >>> for a fair price ? I’m thinking about Chinese shops..
>> >>> USA shops are surely doing better products but as long as
>> >>> the PCB’s do their jobs cheapest is Ok for me.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks for your help.
>> >>> JP
>> >
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