Harry Klippton
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Somehow that sounds exactly like something an engineer would do 
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PCB Ground Plane question....
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swyse
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is this part of the Confirm Production file option? I've never gotten an email for mine for changes, but I also don't think they've ruined any of mine but now I'm curious because I had a fairly reasonable circuit not work and I never figured out why.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
It's not, they just randomly decide to poke around in my Gerber files. They've attempted to change PCBs that I've been ordering for years out of nowhere (the Kliche, for example)... I generally only use JLCPCB for smaller prototype orders but occasionally throw batches of PCBs in so shipping costs make more sense.
After the last time I had my sales manager put a note on the account to not make any changes to submitted Gerbers without contacting me. If there's an issue that needs to be "corrected" I will correct it myself.
They do a great job if they'd just leave things alone!
I see what happened with the Celestial Drive PCB, I'm waiting on a response to find out why it happened.
swyse
Well-known member
Is there a company you prefer to work with? I know a builder that got his diodes flipped on his pcb so they were going the same way instead of the usual clipping arrangement, maybe I'll throw a note on my next order because I'm paranoid now haha.It's not, they just randomly decide to poke around in my Gerber files. They've attempted to change PCBs that I've been ordering for years out of nowhere (the Kliche, for example)... I generally only use JLCPCB for smaller prototype orders but occasionally throw batches of PCBs in so shipping costs make more sense.
After the last time I had my sales manager put a note on the account to not make any changes to submitted Gerbers without contacting me. If there's an issue that needs to be "corrected" I will correct it myself.
They do a great job if they'd just leave things alone!
I see what happened with the Celestial Drive PCB, I'm waiting on a response to find out why it happened.
benny_profane
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What's your main fab house?
Bricksnbeatles
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I’ve spent hours trying to think of a joke about “unspoken” something (get it? Un-spoke-n)…
I’m worried that I’ve lost my comedic touch, but those fears are probably groundless.
I’m worried that I’ve lost my comedic touch, but those fears are probably groundless.
Feral Feline
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You spoke too soon, I'm sure you'll wheel something out, in time.
Feral Feline
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So the fab house wasn't so fab, how many are there, four?
Bricksnbeatles
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Was gonna say I’m way too young for my jokes to be dad jokes, but I just realized that some people I went to high school with have kids in elementary school now
DGWVI
Well-known member
Just had a similar issue with a Trembling Loon board- there was NO trace between R18 and pin 2 of IC1. Luckily those pads are immediately next to eachother, so a jumper sorted it
And, I had a Sidescroller build recently that had ground spokes on a pad that was NOT supposed to have one. Cutting those traces was fun
And, I had a Sidescroller build recently that had ground spokes on a pad that was NOT supposed to have one. Cutting those traces was fun
jimilee
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Same thing happened to me with the recycler. HmmmmJust had a similar issue with a Trembling Loon board- there was NO trace between R18 and pin 2 of IC1. Luckily those pads are immediately next to eachother, so a jumper sorted it
And, I had a Sidescroller build recently that had ground spokes on a pad that was NOT supposed to have one. Cutting those traces was fun
Plaidesaurus
Active member
Robert, I just ran across this thread. I ordered the Celestial Drive back in June 2022. Couldn't get it to work no matter how many times I tried to troubleshoot. I've done about 50 builds at this point and feel pretty good about my work. So, I'm wondering if maybe my Celestial board is from that same batch. Should I upload a shot of the board? It's no biggie though. I can always buy another board from your latest batch of boards and give it another go. Thx
