http://oshpark.com/- $5 per square inch, free shipping from US. Great options to try tiny modules, not an option for larger boards due to price. No assembly.
http://www.seeedstudio.com/service/ $25 for 10 pieces 10x10cm board + shipping, 5 cents per SMD pin. Hoping to get Frankenstein with some components assembled by them pretty soon. Cons: fairly limited Open parts library of components they would use for assembly.
They have pretty good reviews, per SMD pin fee is higher and minimal assembly order is higher, but they have a full 0805 component book and they source parts for an extra fee without a 100pcs minimum. The PCB cost is the same as seeedstudio.
http://www.smallbatchassembly.com/ This place is hobbiest friendly, much like OSHPark and OSHStencils, if you need to have a batch of boards with tiny SMD stuff assembled, it might be a viable option.
I am not making a huge secret from the fact that current source of Frankenso PCBs and assembled boards is not exactly perfect - we've definitely seen a couple of PCB defects. And that's while being quite more expensive than jlcpcb.
Actually @ has an assembled board which gave me some magic sparks on first 12v power on.
Re: Manufacturing options
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 10:09 pm
by Old Grey
In the past year I have read 3 cases of traces falling off PCBs when a burnt component was changed, but I don't know who the PCB manufacturer was. The 2 layer JLCPCBs that I got recently didn't lose any traces, and I applied a lot of heat fixing the FUs you didn't see, but I don't know about complicated stuff like 4 layer.
Re: Manufacturing options
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:53 pm
by AndreyB
The assembly shop I am using currently does not have a website?! Maybe they are just a small one person broker I guess/ https://twitter.com/tingriverpcb