I've had over 8000 PCBs produced through Seeed, including 4000 assembled PCBAs, and I'm generally pretty happy with them. I can run a global electronics business out of my apartment because of Seeed.<p>We did have one major production issue where a critical part was substituted for an out of spec part without authorization and without anyone at Seeed knowing about it. [1] That was very frustrating. But once I came up with a software fix, Seeed had their local rep Erin (who is amazing) take the 3000 boards I had, set up a programming station I provided in her basement, and run a 30 second programming and calibration routine on each one. The boards work now.<p>So yeah. Even with as easy as Seeed makes it, production issues happen. But I'm sticking with Seeed for future production runs.<p>Seeed if you're reading this, can we get an option for silkscreen color on your fusion service? Thanks!<p>[1] <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flutterwireless/flutter-20-wireless-arduino-with-half-mile-1km-ran/posts/1612110" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flutterwireless/flutter...</a>
Shameless plug here, we're just working on getting a PCB & assembly service like Seeedstudio to Europe.
What we're trying to achieve is to get close to prices from China but with zero quantities. That means you don't have to take care of stock, as soon as you need one we manufacture it.
Beside that all manufacturing is done in Germany and we take care of logistics.<p>Anyone interested take a look at <a href="https://go.aisler.net" rel="nofollow">https://go.aisler.net</a>, if you'd like to participate in our beta assembly just drop me a line at patrick@aisler.net
I used their 2-layer service a while back it wasn't impressed, primary issues were solder mask wasn't up to spec, silkscreen was rough, and some copper was removed from areas that should have met their spec.<p>I wound up going with pcbway.com on the same gerbers and have used them many times since.
Has anyone used their service to build fully-populated boards? I've been dabbling in making boards as a hobby but really don't like the soldering bit at the end. I'd be happy to pay a bit more for it to be done by machines.
Since I've ever only done rather simple boards: when would you actually need 16 layers? How complex of a component are we talking about when it would be feasible to use that many layers?
Seeed also does a fair bit of open source work - I've used their CAN library and the associated Arduino shield fairly extensively, and it's worked out quite well. Would recommend.<p><a href="https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/CAN_BUS_Shield" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/CAN_BUS_Shield</a>
Hi guys, for those electronics aficionados, just to let you know I've been using with great results Fusion PCB to produce my own designed PCBs. I was very impressed with the result, very high quality PCBs and very good personal customer service. Despite it's a manufacturing house based in China, the process was very smooth, I had constant feedback from the production line, in case I wanted to correct or change things, the quality standards and testing was more than I was expecting, and the shipping was really fast. In the end they offered me some extra coupons, which was the cherish on the top of the cake. If you're thinking on printing your PCBs, I couldn't advise more
I find it amazing that OSHpark manages to be price-competitive with Chinese PCB services. If you need small 4-layer boards with ENIG finish, OSHpark is hard to beat!
I've used their service in the past when it was limited to 4 layers and have always been very happy with it. I had to find a new source for my last 6-layer board that was much more expensive.
I am very satisfied with Seeed's service. I used to place an order of 2 layers PCB for $9.9. Their engineer even helped me inspect one of the bugs. Really out of my expectation. I left a msg in the user voice for 6 layers PCB( it was unavailable at that time). After 15 days, they send me email say it is online now. Quite impressive for how they care customer's advice. <a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/new-fusion-pcb.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.seeedstudio.com/new-fusion-pcb.html</a>
I have used Fusion PCB in SeeedStudio twice. Firstly, I order a 4 layer 5mil board which is looked great and beautiful. Secondly I ‘ve got a 2 layer board with clear silkscreen, perfect alignment of all layers, do not have a single electrical problem.And I receive the delivery within 6 days from USPS, quite satisfied with it. The low price and the high quality is really impressive. Couldn’t ask for more. I will go on using Fusion PCB in the future surely.