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[Hrvoje Lasic]

by my experience part are problem and recetnly i try to get parts directly
from mouser or farnell for small batch production. suppliers delivered us
wrong parts on almost every board. parts have same housing, similar part
number but are wrong. anyway, maybe you found extra careful supplier for
parts but we have issues and these mistakes are extremly difficult to solve.

also, i agree about connectors. all connectors we had for small volume
production are poorly soldered by hand. so, this must be common mistake.

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:14 AM, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Hrvoje Lasic <lasich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i think in this small volume production it is difficult to keep cost low.
>
>  yes.
>
> > you can maybe decrease price 10-20 usd but roughly you get higher price
> then
> > expected. also, it is good idea to buy parts from mouser or farnell...
> which
> > are more expensive but you get exactly parts you need.
>
>  these are parts in china - they're typically not available from
> mouser or farnell.  the parts are not an issue: all parts were ordered
> exactly as listed and required on the BOM.  the assembly of the SMT
> components is also not an issue.  the PCB production is also not an
> issue (having been done by someone we know, whose factory we
> inspected).
>
>  the issue is the connectors, which appear to have been
> hand-soldered.... very poorly.
>
> l.
>
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