How ugly is it allowed to be if it works?
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Passinwind
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Word. I pinged the guys who do the DK Red boards for DigiKey on a simple onboard preamp. The quote was like $1200 for the same quantity and spec JLC charged me around 35 bucks for. Apparently that vendor really really doesn't like doing plated slots...How ugly is acceptable? .... you tell me.
Your PCBs are going to be juuuust fine.
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You want to really be in for a shock? Get a quote from a USA based manufacturer.
vigilante398
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I got my new boards for this yesterday and the design is still tightly packed but looks a lot better. I switched to these Tayda film caps instead of the Mallory 150s to save space, that helped a lot.
There's an internal short on the board so I had to hack a trace to get it working (I triple-checked my files and it looks like I had it right and JLC messed up somewhere), but it works. I have a box drilled up for it, I'll get it boxed sometime this week and throw a build report up.
There's an internal short on the board so I had to hack a trace to get it working (I triple-checked my files and it looks like I had it right and JLC messed up somewhere), but it works. I have a box drilled up for it, I'll get it boxed sometime this week and throw a build report up.
And if the outside is bad, wait until you see inside! Seriously...How ugly is acceptable? .... you tell me.
Your PCBs are going to be juuuust fine.
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I can relate, my last JLCPCB order was over $8K.... they do tend to expedite things a bit at that rate though.
I've never used JLCPCB for assembly, they only recently started offering external part sourcing and never seemed to have what I needed in their component library. I might have to give them a shot next time around, I like their PCBs better than most of the other guys. Slightly more expensive, but significantly better quality.
I used to break orders up into smaller batches to avoid ridiculous customs fees, but that has become far too time consuming so I just take the hit and move on.
You want to really be in for a shock? Get a quote from a USA based manufacturer.
It's all about context. Compared to many PCB layouts I think that looks efficient and neat. Compared to Kate Beckinsale, well, that's a different story...
