Re: SMT rework shops near Sacramento or Bay Area?

linnix wrote:
On Jan 5, 12:56 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Many of us design folks don't have all the fine pitch gear to lift a
super-dense quad pack and solder on a new one. Same goes for some of my
clients, mostly the start-ups. So, are there any service providers that
can do these jobs on a prototype board or two? The usual fabs often
don't like such small jobs although some would reluctantly do it for a
good customer.

Sacramento would be great, or Bay Area if it has to be. There's always
Fedex, so in a pinch even father locations could work.

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

We usually ask the prototype shop to make the PCB and mount the chips
(0.5mm) and ship them together. If you let them make the board, they
will mount the chip for a bit less than a cup of coffee. Global
courier is usually 3 days, sometimes faster than local Fed-Ex.


Same here and they usually accommodate us. But sometimes it's for boards they did not assemble and it typically involves removal of a busted chip. Yesterday a consultant friend had that happen and Jim (RST) and I came up with a couple places he could use but none are close by. Well, then his power went, on account of the storm, trees flying sideways and all that ...

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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