Hello to the group and it sounds like someone could create some empty boards. But I am curious. I looked at Allibaba and see that ublox NEO6 boards are available for little cost. Have not looked at the pinouts of the 8T to compare but might it be a case of removing a neo6 and replacing it with a 8T? I have an 8T on order so one way or another will need to do something. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:31 AM Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I’ve looked at several “you supply the components” outfits. Each time I’ve > dug into it, > the mechanics of supplying an adequate number of parts has been pretty > daunting. > None of the things I do is very “high volume” ( 10 is a lot of boards for > me ). > > Bob > > > On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:21 AM, Mark Goldberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If you have some volume, consider Small Batch Assembly: > > > > https://www.smallbatchassembly.com/ > > > > They are not as cheap as the Chinese suppliers, but you can provide > > your own components, and it is run by a very helpful gentleman in the > > Washington DC area. I got the bare boards from OshPark and you can > > order your components from distributors and send them directly to > > Small Batch. I preferred using my own parts from known sources, but > > they have a stock of components also. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:43 AM Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> If you have a board with many dozens of passive parts on it and > >> four or five IC’s getting all those passives down on the board *is* > >> very useful. Their price on typical passive parts is low enough that > >> the delivered cost is still very close to a bare board. > >> > >> If you do use odd IC’s you have to move quick. Get the board(s) laid > >> out and into them fast. Accept that you may not be in stock next week. > >> For things like three terminal regulators or run of the mill digital > stuff, they > >> seem to maintain a pretty good inventory. Yes, it will be in “their” > favorite > >> package …. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 2:48 AM, Matthias Welwarsky < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2020 23:58:51 CET Bob kb8tq wrote: > >>>> One note: JLPCB is the only “fab + assembly” outfit I’ve tried. Their > boards > >>>> are no better / no worse than a lot of other board fab outfits. I > have no > >>>> idea how they compare to other assembly houses. My selection > criteria: “ > >>>> are they the cheapest I can find?” > >>> > >>> Currently, you will not find any other fab+assembly service that is as > cheap > >>> and requiring (almost) no human intervention. For protoype runs with > two to > >>> five boards assembled there is no competition. I'd say even for 50 > boards > >>> there isn't. > >>> > >>> The JLCPCB PCBs are ok, the biggest letdown is the solder mask. It's > just > >>> plain bad. It flakes off on the tiniest rub with a hot iron. > >>> > >>> The biggest obstacle for sure is the limited parts catalog. They have > a decent > >>> assortment of passives but almost all active parts come from the > "extended" > >>> listing (extra cost, 10 uniques only) and they may not stock the > footprint you > >>> want to use, and the wildly fluctuating inventory. > >>> > >>> I'm treating them mainly as a layer of convenience. I let them place > all the > >>> boring passives and maybe a few common actives, but I don't go out of > my way > >>> to design along their catalog only, knowing that they might not have > stock of > >>> all the parts anyway when I order the boards. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > >>> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
