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Re:22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents' Garage (2022) by dvh on Sunday October 22, 2023 @03:31AM (#37973544)
How do you get fully assembled PCBs at JLCPCB for $5. I just ordered one and it was $4.10 for bare PCB, assembly would cost additional $8 so minimum for assembled pcb is $12.
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Re:22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents' Garage (2022) by _Microft on Sunday October 22, 2023 @04:53AM (#37973868)
They are waiving the assembly setup fee at the moment.

https://jlcpcb.com/blog/4-Free-Assembly-for-Your-PCB

The GP commenter also wrote about a price "per unit":

> get some reasonably complex fully assembled prototype boards shipped to me in a week or two for $5-20 USD per unit.

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