My company uses Screaming Circuits extensively to assemble pcbs for our
scientific camera product line (www.qsimaging.com).  We typically do
prototype runs as small as five boards and small production runs in the 50
to 200 range with them.  We find that their pricing is best on runs > qty 25
and repeat jobs. They are not the cheapest you will find, but we prefer to
pay a little bit more and get boards that work.  ;-)

Overall their quality has been very good to excellent.  The first time we
run a complex board with them we can expect a few bumps in the road,
pertaining to placement and kitting.  The are very good at working with you
during the run if trouble spots arise or if your documentation is lacking.
They are also great with dealing with part kits with cut tape, loose
components, etc.

Our boards are doubled sided smd with some through hole, with some very fine
pitch parts (.6mm pitch), and a total part count ranging from 50 to 400.
They claim to be able to handle bga, but we haven't tried them on that.  On
the really tight boards with a run of a 100 or so, we may see one or two
boards that require simple re-work due to a placement problem.  Their
customer service is fantastic.

If your runs grow beyond 500 pieces or so, their parent company (MEC) is
setup to take over the job and is located in the same building.

Overall, highly recommended.

Dave Challis
Quantum Scientific Imaging, Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Bob Axtell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:12 PM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Screaming Circuits? was Re: [EE] Inexpensive low-qty (100-
> 250ish) assembly....
> 
> Anybody use Screaming Circuits? How are their prices? Capabilities?
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