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| Gibson486:
My boss loves them. I f'n hate them. I will use them if I can wait (turn key assembly) and budget is very important, otherwise I avoid them. Their boards are not good for rework. I have had traces just come of with just a light touch of the soldering iron. If it is 2 layer, i just use Oshpark and expedite. I have had a board come back in three days. |
| LukeW:
I’ve never had a problem with them and I’ve never found a “bodge” on a board. Getting an extra board or two is common. At least you know they are testing and inspecting. What’s the width / spacing on those tracks? |
| floobydust:
I've had no problems with PCBWay on 2, 4-layer and MCORE PCB's. Shipping DHL is a burn though. Quality was good. OSHPARK I was not completely happy with. I've had hassles with finished hole sizes (too small), solder mask attacked by IPA, and the dark purple is murder to see traces, the boards don't tolerate much rework. Those kind of things. But low cost. |
| LukeW:
The DHL shipping is very fast, (and the entire fab plus shipment time is very fast overall) but it's expensive. But you don't get a choice about expensive DHL. You might get USD$5 worth of boards (10x 10cm*10cm PbHASL green mask, standard cheap design rules) and pay USD$20 for shipping! Maybe they could offer a choice of slow, crap, cheap shipping? |
| mubes:
--- Quote from: LukeW on January 25, 2019, 02:50:13 am ---What’s the width / spacing on those tracks? --- End quote --- 8 mil, nothing extreme at all. I have to say, I don't think the quality is any better then Elecrow, which has been my go-to place for 2 layer non-critical boards, and I don't think the silk screen is any better. Overall these cost me just shy of $100 including stencil and shipping and I think Elecrow would have been around $60 or so. Next time out I'll try JLPCB which looks like it would have been about $50 or so. For these kinds of boards I'm perfectly happy with Elecrow but figured I'd look around for a second supplier while I could. DAVE |
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