wannaBinventor
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I've been looking at the cost of PCB assembly and I have been absolutely shocked. I am working on something with about 20 different components, most of which are only used once or twice.
I'd be using a couple of LGAs, some SMT connectors, and then I was planning on using SMT capacitors. I'll use through hole for bigger resistors and what not.
The quick quotes I'm getting show prices that I just look at as ridiculous. Just doing things like adding two LGAs to each board boosts the cost by $15 dollars per board. To me that is insane. Insane. Insane!
What's the solution here. I was figuring about $10/board for assembly in my cost calculations, and I seem to be dead wrong here. It's so expensive that I just want to scrap the entire idea.
What are my options here? Am I looking in the wrong places?
I'd be using a couple of LGAs, some SMT connectors, and then I was planning on using SMT capacitors. I'll use through hole for bigger resistors and what not.
The quick quotes I'm getting show prices that I just look at as ridiculous. Just doing things like adding two LGAs to each board boosts the cost by $15 dollars per board. To me that is insane. Insane. Insane!
What's the solution here. I was figuring about $10/board for assembly in my cost calculations, and I seem to be dead wrong here. It's so expensive that I just want to scrap the entire idea.
What are my options here? Am I looking in the wrong places?