I've settled in to paying a lot for Advanced Assembly, aapcb.com.=20
They're right across the street from 4PCB. The quality is awesome,=20
compared to others I've tried. Super fast, too (almost a novelty, given=20
how most quote around a month and always slip).

I heard the founder of 4PCB started AAPCB, then sold 4PCB. Later on, the=20
new 4PCB management decided they wanted in on assembly as well. That's=20
how we ended up with the incredibly confusing Advanced Assembly and=20
Advanced Circuits Assembly, both physically almost on top of each other.

I have no experience with 4PCB's assembly, although they're still doing=20
a few PCBs for me.


Darron Black


On 3/9/13 10:27 AM, Bob Blick wrote:
> Have you ever had 4pcb do an assembly job?
> If you've had experience with their assembly (not bare pcb) then please
> tell us about it.
>
> Because I got a quote from them once and their price was high.
>
> Bob
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013, at 06:43 AM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>> No question about it, Bob.... I don't like the way you treat me or
>> others.
>> Gus
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 10:16 PM, Bob Blick wrote:
>>
>> But he asked for "reasonably-priced" :)
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013, at 09:05 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>>> check out
>>> http://www.4pcb.com/advanced-circuits-assembly.html
>>> Gus
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Marc Nicholas wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to find an SMT assembly house I can work with and the
>>> several I've tried so far don't seem to be really fitting the bill in
>>> terms of cost. This is a cost sensitive item that I'm looking to
>>> "Kickstart".
>>>
>>> The board itself is fairly simple, albeit small:
>>>
>>> - 20.5 * 30mm footprint
>>> - 18*passives, all 0603 (mainly capacitors and inductors, for what it's
>>> worth)
>>> - 1*(one) DFN48 6mm*6mm
>>> - 1*1206
>>> - 1*esoteric (castellated edge) part that's well known and easy to sold=
er
>>> (SHT10)
>>> - 1*CR2032 coin cell holder (through-hole and we'd like to keep it that
>>> way for footprint reasons)
>>>
>>> Board itself is regular 1.6mm FR4, ENIG finish. Reflow requirements
>>> weren't set, so it was assumed to be leaded process (and thus cheaper).
>>>
>>> Now, for quantity 100 units I was't expecting stellar pricing and was
>>> prepared to negotiate on the basis of good faith and future business. B=
ut
>>> I've been surprised that the glide-path for discounting for 1000 and
>>> 10,000 units. The discount for 10,000 units was ~35% off of what 100
>>> units would cost, and would have paid for a nice pick'n'place machine f=
or
>>> yours truly. Because it's a Kickstart, we're not 100% sure of what the
>>> first run will look like -- could be 100, 250, 500 or more units.
>>>
>>> I'd prefer someone in Canada as there's less paperwork to get parts and
>>> boards across the border and back, but finding someone easy to work wit=
h,
>>> creative, and reasonably priced in the US or Mexico would be worth the
>>> hassle.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions, heckles or advice welcomed.
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>> -m

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