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Subject: Re: Small batch SMT tools?
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:57:05 -0400
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"john larkin" <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in message news:btrjcjlau514kg86ssg4gj0j65jcd0rg4e@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:23:03 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
>
>>Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>> I've a colleague who has offered to "build" the first batch of
>>> boards for my alpha site -- about 1000 pieces (though small;
>>> about 3 sq in each; 25 different designs).
>>>
>>> I feel like I'd be pushing my luck to ask him to also build the
>>> prototypes -- about 50 total pieces.
>>>
>>> I have an opportunity to rescue some kit, this weekend (PnP,
>>> stenciler, hotplate, another Leister, etc.) if I opt to do the
>>> prototypes myself.
>>>
>>> But, I suspect this will be more work than it is worth.  (I've never
>>> assembled boards this small and densely packed).  And, is more "stuff"
>>> to store, here.
>>>
>>> [OTOH, if I have to do any rework...]
>>>
>>> Perhaps I should "ask nicely" and promise him some baked goods or
>>> ice cream as an incentive?  Pizzas for the folks on the 'line?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Board stuffing has got so cheap that we don't even stuff protos.
>>
>>JLCPCB is the bomb, apart from the occasional rotated QFN.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Phil Hobbs
>
> It's crazy that, starting from the earliest days of ICs, you can make
> a mistake by rotating a part. You couldn't plug in a tube wrong.

But you could plug the wrong tube in :)

>