Who makes your small PCB runs ? - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

iso9001 · 20th September 2005, 02:35 AM

I have about 50 or so prototype boar I need o make for testing and then a production run of about 100-200.

Do you guys just hand solder in those amounts ?

I'de like to have a pcb assembler do it, but I cant find any such business that offers those quantities.

Any ideas ? In the USA, but don't really care where they come from.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 20th September 2005, 09:41 AM

For an assembly company those small numbers would be VERY expensive to produce, as it will be swamped by the start up costs.

I would suggest you get the bare PCB's made (probably by one of the usual PCB manufacturers), order all the components you require, and sort them out into complete sets of parts and a PCB (in little bags).

Then you could either assemble them yourself, one at a time, or pay people a set amount to assemble them for you. Look for people with suitable skills, radio amateurs?, or people from these forums?.

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20th September 2005, 02:35 AM	(permalink)
iso9001	Who makes your small PCB runs ? I have about 50 or so prototype boar I need o make for testing and then a production run of about 100-200. Do you guys just hand solder in those amounts ? I'de like to have a pcb assembler do it, but I cant find any such business that offers those quantities. Any ideas ? In the USA, but don't really care where they come from.

20th September 2005, 09:41 AM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	For an assembly company those small numbers would be VERY expensive to produce, as it will be swamped by the start up costs. I would suggest you get the bare PCB's made (probably by one of the usual PCB manufacturers), order all the components you require, and sort them out into complete sets of parts and a PCB (in little bags). Then you could either assemble them yourself, one at a time, or pay people a set amount to assemble them for you. Look for people with suitable skills, radio amateurs?, or people from these forums?. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk