Does anyone have a PCB assembler they’ve used in the past with good results? The board is double side surface mount. Local would be nice but not required.
This would be for initial prototype runs of 10 or so and then small production runs.
+1 for Eagle. However…
A buddy of mine from work has also recommended MacroFab in Houston. They have a really slick website where you can upload your designs, review them in a nice Web-based editor (in toggle-able layers, so nicer than OSH Park), and then add your BOM and placement info. Everything is graphical, reducing your need to generate a bunch of communication to indicate how everything is supposed to go. They offer a series of “house parts” you can buy from them if you don’t feel like going through the trouble of coordinating shipments from one or more parts suppliers. For a one-off board of his own design (either the SurfAssist or the WaveControl), the price was around $175 assembled (with 10-day turn IIRC), which is about 1/2 the price of the minimum order from Texas Circuitry which only does PCB fab.
Knocki, a Houston startup that garnered close to a million-dollar valuation from a one-minute pitch contest at this year’s SXSW, is using MacroFab: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/03/30/houston-hardware-company-raises-more-than-expected.html
Thanks to both for the suggestions.
Try CDS in Plano as a one stop local shop. They have layout services, PCB manufacturing, and PCB assembly. I’ve worked with them for almost 25 years.
We use CircuitCo out at work. Seem to do a good job.
QC Graphics is another local prototype-quantity builder. I haven’t had the opportunity to use them yet, but I probably will eventually.
But for very small builds I’ve been doing that in-house.
Great information everyone. Thanks.
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Hi…I would pick a subset of these and get quotes.These are all USA-based (assume that’s what you wanted) not an exhaustive list. Can anyone add ?
screamingcircuits.com advancedassembly.com sierracircuits.com protoexpress.com smallbatchassembly.com worthingtonassembly.com