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Offline MorgorothTopic starter

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cheap pick and place
« on: July 20, 2016, 02:45:46 pm »
I have to build some prototypes and the pick and place prices are just HUGE, I mean, for 5 PCB USD$8.000 (250 elements), so I was thinking to just solder some components (LGA Package) and that's it, the rest by hand  :'(.

So please, if anyone have some place were to request a quote without being plucked, please share the tip.

Btw, preference in USA given the deliver time.

Thanks in advance,

 JP
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Offline rea5245

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2016, 02:53:06 pm »
There's a price comparison calculator for PCB assembly at PCBShopper.com. You can enter info about the number of components on your board and it'll give you prices from six different assemblers.

Disclosure: I run the site.

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Offline MorgorothTopic starter

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2016, 03:45:36 pm »
hi rea5245, thanks you very very much, you really save my month, great site...  :clap:  :clap: :clap:

JP
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Offline sparkswillfly

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 01:58:37 am »
 also macrofab.com
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Offline Iron Downey

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 06:54:57 am »
USD$8 for PCB assembly by machine? That's impossible! I do PCB and PCBA for several years, it always have the minimum consumption for SMT by machine since the the booting fee is there. For your reference, zfpcba is 196usd, pcbcart is 203.2usd, 7pcb is 200.04usd. The quality of PCBA boards by machine is high and it's beautiful. If your project is just a simple prototype and not require high quality, I suggest you solder by hand.
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Offline ebclr

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 07:28:46 am »
For prototype you can consider, something like this

http://vpapanik.blogspot.com.br/2012/11/low-budget-manual-pick-place.html
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Offline l0wside

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2016, 08:31:40 am »
Quote from: Morgoroth on July 20, 2016, 02:45:46 pm
So please, if anyone have some place were to request a quote without being plucked, please share the tip.
Dave had an interview with PCBng on The Amp Hour lately. They are located in New York and might suit your needs.

Max
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Offline RobK_NL

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2016, 02:19:37 pm »
@Iron Downey

I think he meant 8000; not a decimal point, but a thousands separator.
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Offline MorgorothTopic starter

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2016, 06:18:06 pm »
Quote from: l0wside on July 21, 2016, 08:31:40 am
Quote from: Morgoroth on July 20, 2016, 02:45:46 pm
So please, if anyone have some place were to request a quote without being plucked, please share the tip.
Dave had an interview with PCBng on The Amp Hour lately. They are located in New York and might suit your needs.

Max

I'll take contact with them, thanks.

JP
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Offline MorgorothTopic starter

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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2016, 06:20:14 pm »
Quote from: RobK_NL on July 21, 2016, 02:19:37 pm
@Iron Downey

I think he meant 8000; not a decimal point, but a thousands separator.

Indeed, I should write USD$8000, latin key code use "." instead of "," for thousands separator in my country and sometimes I forgot that.

JP
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Re: cheap pick and place
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2016, 06:34:12 am »
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