As they say never mind. The 8 T has 1 more pin on each group. Regards paul On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:16 PM paul swed <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
