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<p>Hi Quentin,</p>
<p>The mate's last board (a ATmega-based EEPROM programmer) came in 8 days, but I expect mine will take maybe 2 weeks - I think he got lucky.</p>
<p>Quality is "perfectly adequate" for a cheap two layer board - not works of precision art, but perfectly serviceable. I put the 32-pin TFQP on with a bit too much paste (or maybe old paste), and had to remove it, clean under it and put it back down. No pads were harmed.</p>
<p>Be interesting to see how I get on with a 0.5mm pitch 10-pin TSSOP packages when the new boards come. I wonder if the default HASL finish might be a bit crude once you get into the smaller pitched parts...</p>
<p>For me, the best thing for not lifting tracks is having two irons (a good one for fine work, and an inexpensive one for through-hole) so I can just pick passives up like rice with chopsticks - no jumping an overly hot iron back and forth, trying to get enough heat for both ends to melt at the same time.</p>
<p>This is my first attempt at using the KiCAD "Hand solder" footprints for all the passives. The pads are longer so you can actually get your tip to the solder, and the quantity of solder is less critical. That should make any experimentation a lot easier.</p>
<p>Mike</p>
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<div>Hi Micheal,</div>
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<div>Perennial questions - how long from order to delivery and what's the quality like? I've generally stuck with OSHPark but I'm thinking about diversifying to one of the Chinese manufacturers as I've got a project which needs larger numbers of boards. My one experience with Seed was that the board was basically OK as long as you didn't have to ever unsolder anything (the pads seemed to lift very easily).</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:03 PM Michael Field <<a href="mailto:hamster@snap.net.nz">hamster@snap.net.nz</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Today I ordered my first PCB in a long while, and for a change ordered from <a href="https://jlcpcb.com/">https://jlcpcb.com/</a> based on a recommendation from a co-worker.<br /><br /> Ten 100mm x 100mm PCBs (actually 80 for my project because they were panelized 4x2) for under USD$10, including standard post.<br /><br /> Yeap - about $0.12 each for a 19x45 board. Wow! How can peope feed their family with those prices?<br /><br /> I was also the first board.i've done in KiCAD, which I feel is now bit better than Eagle. Happy to show people the ropes if they have a spare Sunday afternoon.<br /><br /> Mike<br /><br /> PS if anybody needs any I2S to line-level audio DACs with a 1x6 header, drop me a line.<br /> _______________________________________________<br /> Chchrobotics mailing list <a href="mailto:Chchrobotics@lists.ourshack.com">Chchrobotics@lists.ourshack.com</a><br /><a href="https://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/chchrobotics">https://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/chchrobotics</a><br /> Mail Archives: <a href="http://lists.ourshack.com/pipermail/chchrobotics/">http://lists.ourshack.com/pipermail/chchrobotics/</a><br /> Meetings usually 3rd Monday each month. See <a href="http://kiwibots.org">http://kiwibots.org</a> for venue, directions and dates.<br /> When replying, please edit your Subject line to reflect new subjects.</blockquote>
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