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A comment on Cloud-Based Circuit Board Assembly.

Re:Cloud-Based Circuit Board Assembly by pjc50 on Monday March 31, 2014 @12:13PM (#7502331)
"Cloud based" is a little misleading, but the service they're offering is a very good idea. Batch PCB services have existed for a while and several have settled out as popular choices. Now the hacker / small product dev community can have suitably downscaled assembly services too.

Hopefully the part standardisation will also include footprints for the PCB tools; setting that up is a common pain.

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Re:Cloud-Based Circuit Board Assembly by EChrisDenney on Monday March 31, 2014 @12:19PM (#7502369)
"Cloud based" was used because we just couldn't think of a better term.

Footprints for part standardization is absolutely the goal. If we get a known footprint then we can guarantee a better yield because we know it's reliable. How many 0603 footprints do you think exist out there? How many times have people created that? So much redundant effort...

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