Tempo Automation has decent prices for that kind of thing. Regards, Mark On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Denny Esterline wrote: > My experience has been that one is a near impossible number for a > professional organization. > Their tools and process just doesn't scale to that point. Presently I've > tooled up in house to handle the one-offs (and I have managed to avoid BG= A) > > At one point in the past, I had a good enough relationship with some of t= he > people in a local assembly house that I could bring something "in the bac= k > door". Show up with a board, a part and a case of their favorite beverage > (Mountain Dew in their case) and I could get a few minutes of time with > their rework guys and their really nice hot air guns. > > -Denny > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Neil wrote: > > > What do you guys (in the U.S.) do about one-off prototypes which you > > can't make in-house? To date I've made all my own prototypes manually, > > but I've now got a board with BGA's and other very small components on > > them, which I can't reliably and really would not prefer to attempt to > > make here. Especially because I have limited sample parts on hand, and > > beyond that would have to be a large-volume order. I was assuming it's > > just a matter of having a CEM do it, but so far I'm running into issues > > where they're all saying they really do one-offs, and if so, they'd mak= e > > a handful and I can use just one, but they'd have to charge me for all > > that the make. Is this common? Or have I just not found the right CEM > > yet? Or do all of you have in-house capability to assemble yourself? > > > > Cheers, > > -Neil. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 Regards, Mark markrages@gmail --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .