HI In a “typical” use case ( it’s TimeNuts … typical ????? ) there are a lot of the pads on the part that simply hang loose. More or less, power / antenna / serial and you are good go go. The other 80% or so of the pads can just hang open. You *could* dead bug the thing ….
Bob > On 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
