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Component & PCB Suppliers

PCB Fab Houses

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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

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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 (http://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

Component Suppliers

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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

Turn-Key Fabrication (PCB + Assembly)

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Company Name

Pros

Cons

MacroFab

https://www.macrofab.com/

  • Very nice service

  • Have sponsored us previously

  • Typically quite slow turn

  • Expensive without a sponsorship

CircuitHub

https://circuithub.com/

  • Shockingly cheap!

  • Have not used them yet

JLCPCB

  • Cheap

  • Have not used them yet

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