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| schmitt trigger:
For a period of 12 years, perhaps longer, I designed and built dozens of small projects and prototypes utilizing PCBexpress boards. Then someone in this forum suggested EasyEda, and I haven't looked back since. It is not only the outrageous price difference, but the larger amount of board ordering options. And EasyEda's CAD software is significantly better. With a gigantic parts library. But for a MILITARY application? Definitely should be built in-country. Electronics is as important for a country’s defense establishment as steel was during the Victorian era. |
| floobydust:
Oh yeah when national security is a concern, only then the government cares about an industry lol. Politicians fail to realize these supply chains are very complex and losing manufacturing (ref. Detroit) it's like the rainforest, chop it down and it's never growing back. They do nothing to protect the industry as far as dumping, but now US and Canada offer a token $0.05B ? Canadian government $billions to subsidize GM etc. towards having us assemble cars. The parts are from Asia and Mexico and assembling them really counts for FA, it's just union labour tightening screws. Gotta keep the votes. Who manufacturers the PC board laminate, solder mask, pre-preg etc. ? Hint: pretty much nobody in North America. Rogers is entirely Asia, Taiyo America imports a lot from Shanghai. Hmmm. So even if a NA PCB fab pops up to make some boards for missiles and radar equipment etc. the (pcb) ingredients are from unfriendly countries like it or not. |
| SiliconWizard:
That's what you get when you favor ideology over pragmatism. |
| Smokey:
no one replied to my post about advanced circuits getting bought. I guess no one really gets domestic boards anymore? https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/apct-acquires-advanced-circuits I wonder which state they will pick to put all the "dirty" manufacturing like this? I heard CA is banning chrome plating too. https://jalopnik.com/california-wants-to-ban-chrome-plating-1850035824 |
| Fgrir:
--- Quote from: floobydust on March 30, 2023, 01:58:56 am ---So even if a NA PCB fab pops up to make some boards for missiles and radar equipment etc. the (pcb) ingredients are from unfriendly countries like it or not. --- End quote --- True, but you don't have to send the gerbers for your latest missile or radar design to China to buy laminates. |
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