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Component & PCB Suppliers

Company Name	Pros	Cons
JLCPCB https://jlcpcb.com/	Very fast turn Usually cheap 6+ layer boards have free plug & plate vias	Doesn’t do extremely thick copper
PCBWay https://www.pcbway.com/	Good turn, but requires manual review for most boards (adds 1 day) Usually cheap	Manual review can cause prices to go wayyy higher than auto quote {}
OSHPark https://oshpark.com/	USA made Ok pricing given it’s USA Good deal on 2oz and on rush (5 day turn) PCBs	Very limited selection of layer counts and wieghts
Advanced Circuits (4PCB.com) https://www.4pcb.com/	USA made Has student discounts and pizza party specials Can be fast, at a cost	Pretty expensive
PCB Unlimited https://www.pcbunlimited.com/	USA made From current research, one of the fastest rapid turn fabs	Boards we have gotten have definitely been noticeably lower quality In terms of silks, masking finish, etc Still expensive compared to China

Digikey & Mouser are our core suppliers. Typically Digikey is used as the primary, but given recent events we may use Mouser as our primary.

Company Name	Pros	Cons
Digikey https://www.digikey.com/	Great customer support Usually same day fulfilment by ~6pm	The great warehouse meltdown of 2023 Not guaranteed fulfilment!
Mouser https://www.mouser.com/	Guaranteed same day fulfillment till 9PM ET	Not as good customer support, but ok usually
Newark https://www.newark.com/	Free shipping over $150	VERY BAD customer service Sometimes shitty fulfilment (wrong parts sent) Most orders arrive in multiple small separate shipments Sometimes has crazy minimum order quantities
Arrow https://www.arrow.com/en	Fine Has a rewards program	Not particularly fast
Future https://www.futureelectronics.com/	Seem to have great stock on everything	They are a closed service and we currently don't have an account IIRC we should be able to get a “sponsorship” of being let onto their website
TTI https://www.tti.com/content/ttiinc/en.html	Sometimes is the only supplier of odd TE parts	Sometimes has weird minimum order quantities Not particularly fast
Avnet (owner of Newark) https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/us	Fine	Not particularly fast Owns Newark, so the same issues may arise
RS Components (Allied) https://us.rs-online.com/	Fine	Not particularly fast

Company Name

Pros

Cons

MacroFab

CircuitHub

JLCPCB

Helpful Websites

Single website that searches effectively all online suppliers for stock

SnapEDA - https://www.snapeda.com/
Ultra Librarian - https://www.ultralibrarian.com/ (Digikey partner)
SamacSys (a.k.a. Component Search Engine) - https://componentsearchengine.com/ (Mouser partner)
Celestial Library - https://altiumlibrary.com/ (open source community library)
Manufacturer sites (some companies provide official footprints!)

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