I see what @Mitch means. JLCPCB also seem to use the same quoting interface. I see that JLCPCB also provide a self-panelization mode. That would make me feel even more guilty about ordering 5 or 10 PCBs when I only want a couple! Any ideas what to do with my growing pile of unused PCBs? Its almost like they are forcing you to go into business. Some questions though:
- Can you include something on the board to tell them where to put their order details? Can you specify that it uses the back-silkscreen for example? - Should I care abou the TG rating? Now I need to figure out which board to trial them with! On Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 8:35:36 AM UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using OSHPark to have my designs made up, and they are great, > but I figure I should try a few other manufacturers and recently went to > look at pcbway. So I am wondering if anyone has experience of OSHPark and > any other manufacturer (but particularly PCBWay), and could give me some > idea of what to Watch out for when trying to move from OSHParknto someone > else. > > For example, PCBWay's base offering is TG 130-140 - is this suitable for > reflow? OSHPark is TG170. PCBWay's base offering minimum hole size is .3mm, > this is possibly only relevant (to me) for vias. I'm not sure how this > compares with OSHPark, but it makes me want to ask if there are specific > design constraints I should be aware of for other fabricators, that perhaps > OSHPark has implicitly let me get away with. I've compared all of the > explicitly stated design constraints of the two shops, and apart from the > TG rating and the minimum hole size, it seems that PCBWay would handle > boards designed for OSHPark with no problems. > > Of course once you stray from their base offering, things can get > expensive real fast, but at least HASL lead-free is still reasonable (their > base offering is not lead-free) - and they offer different solder mask > colors :) > > Thanks - Paul > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/06c17d87-c831-4148-ad87-005ec491727c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
