I was sending parts and PCBs I purchased elsewhere to Advanced=20
Assembly.  I wasn't doing turnkey.


Darron


On 2/10/2017 7:51 PM, Neil wrote:
> I've been going back and forth with advanced, but they're up to ~$1500
> for just 1 piece of this board, so not looking too good right now.
> A major part of that though is the PCB fab, which they say will require
> a minimum of 6 pieces, even if they only assemble one for me.
>
> Mark Rages pointed me to Tempo who quoted >$2100.
>
> I'm really looking into attempting this myself at this point.  I can get
> 5 boards (though I only need one) and a stencil for <$300. Even if I
> need to pick up a board heater etc, it will still be less, and we'll
> have a few other prototypes to do later anyway.
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil
>
>
> On 2/9/2017 12:30 AM, Darron Black wrote:
>> Advanced Assembly in Colorado is pretty good at that.  They have some
>> kind of different process.  My guess is it involves cutting and
>> populating custom JEDEC trays with your components, and running that
>> (Based on a "tray cut" process status that seems to take some time).
>> They continually told me they really don't give the slightest care if
>> the parts are on reels or not.  Their prices flatten off very quickly
>> though... 15-25 is about the most you want to give them.  Their prices
>> were also good.
>>
>>
>> Darron
>>
>>
>> On 2/8/2017 4:06 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.
>>>

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