<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br>
<br></div>also, i agree about connectors. all connectors we had for small volume production are poorly soldered by hand. so, this must be common mistake.<br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:14 AM, luke.leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com" target="_blank">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Hrvoje Lasic <<a href="mailto:lasich@gmail.com">lasich@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> i think in this small volume production it is difficult to keep cost low.<br>
<br>
</div> yes.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> you can maybe decrease price 10-20 usd but roughly you get higher price then<br>
> expected. also, it is good idea to buy parts from mouser or farnell... which<br>
> are more expensive but you get exactly parts you need.<br>
<br>
</div> these are parts in china - they're typically not available from<br>
mouser or farnell. the parts are not an issue: all parts were ordered<br>
exactly as listed and required on the BOM. the assembly of the SMT<br>
components is also not an issue. the PCB production is also not an<br>
issue (having been done by someone we know, whose factory we<br>
inspected).<br>
<br>
the issue is the connectors, which appear to have been<br>
hand-soldered.... very poorly.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
l.<br>
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