Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-11 Thread Steve Wiseman
On 01/08/2011, yamazakir2 wrote: > Still looking for suggestions for assembly besides 4pcb. Do you really have to have it done externally? I gave up, and do it in-house, mostly to avoid the pain that is kitting, exporting data, waiting and hoping. Cheapest: Plastic solder paste stencils are chea

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread jbump
resend because my mailer suddenly decided to send my half-written email: sorry. Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)? I second Advanced Assembly if you're located in the US. Provisos: if you're supplying parts you need to have *all* the part

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread jbump
I second Advanced Assembly if you're located in the US. Provisos: if you're supplying parts you need to have *all* the parts, in the correct footprints, and it helps if you label the parts. They'll load from bags (individually) or from reels and are quite flexible: they'd be glad to supply all t

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:33:20 -0700 yamazakir2 wrote: > Still looking for suggestions for assembly besides 4pcb. You may wish to try Silver Circuits/CustomPCB [ http://www.custompcb.com/ ]. I've used them before; they have reasonable prices and do good fab work. They can work with Silvtronics

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread Ethan Swint
On 08/01/2011 06:33 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: Still looking for suggestions for assembly besides 4pcb. Advanced Assembly, aapcb.com. Where are you located? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listin

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread yamazakir2
Still looking for suggestions for assembly besides 4pcb. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: > Alright guys I think I need a bit of help with the costs. > > 4pcb is expensive. I have around 80 or so SMD (mostly 0805's and some > IC's) and the quote feature they have on their websit

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread yamazakir2
Alright guys I think I need a bit of help with the costs. 4pcb is expensive. I have around 80 or so SMD (mostly 0805's and some IC's) and the quote feature they have on their website is quoting me ~$20 per board at a volume of 50. Even for a volume of 150 the price only drops about $1. Does anybo

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
yamazakir2 wrote: > I have had many boards manufactured but never had one also assembled. If a projects is done more than about five times, I let a specialized assembler populate the board. I live and work in Germany. So my answers may not apply directly to you. But things will be similar in oth

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread yamazakir2
I have pcbs made at 4pcb before so I'll give it a look. Thanks. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Russell Dill wrote: > To get an online assembly quote, you have to register on the > my4pcb.com site. I don't know how competitive the cost is, but given > the quantity and complexity, if I'm going to

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread Peter Clifton
If any one needs pointers for a FAB house in the UK, there is a place in Scotland I've had reasonable success with in the past. They do all the component buying, and are very competitively priced. I'm not convinced they use PCB's .xy files when I send them though, as I've seen them miss components

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 08:13:42PM -0400, Ethan Swint wrote: > On 07/27/2011 05:57 PM, Stephen Ecob wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:35 AM, yamazakir2 wrote: >>> I sometimes get boards done at 4pcb, I didn't know they do assembly. >>> How much to they charge? And how big of a reel do you have t

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread Ethan Swint
On 07/27/2011 05:57 PM, Stephen Ecob wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:35 AM, yamazakir2 wrote: I sometimes get boards done at 4pcb, I didn't know they do assembly. How much to they charge? And how big of a reel do you have to send them? And you just cut tape the amount of parts you need to asse

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread Stephen Ecob
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:35 AM, yamazakir2 wrote: > I sometimes get boards done at 4pcb, I didn't know they do assembly. > How much to they charge? And how big of a reel do you have to send > them? And you just cut tape the amount of parts you need to assemble > the amount of boards you want to m

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread Russell Dill
To get an online assembly quote, you have to register on the my4pcb.com site. I don't know how competitive the cost is, but given the quantity and complexity, if I'm going to have an assembly house fck up a PCB that I had prototyped, I'd rather it be the house that make the PCB. I didn't ask about

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread yamazakir2
I sometimes get boards done at 4pcb, I didn't know they do assembly. How much to they charge? And how big of a reel do you have to send them? And you just cut tape the amount of parts you need to assemble the amount of boards you want to manufacture? On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Russell Dill

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread Russell Dill
I'm planning on having some proto boards assembled by Advanced Circuits (4pcb.com). And yes, I have to supply all the components, and no, they don't provide storage until you've actually put the order in (Many components are very moisture sensitive). On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:28 AM, yamazakir2 w

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread Bob Paddock
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:28 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: > I have had many boards manufactured but never had one also assembled. > What are the costs to do this? Are there any (cheap) manufactures that > also do pick and place? Do they buy the components for you or do you > have to send them reels, mean

gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread yamazakir2
I have had many boards manufactured but never had one also assembled. What are the costs to do this? Are there any (cheap) manufactures that also do pick and place? Do they buy the components for you or do you have to send them reels, meaning you have to buy 1000's of components at a time? __