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points by IshKebab 1 day ago | 0 comments
For simple-to-medium boards you can assemble it yourself... No help if you're making a motherboard or whatever though.
[–] the__alchemist 1 day ago
Downside to this: it takes a long time, I have to source the parts myself, and I can't separate design or programming errors from soldering errors. (There will be many of those) I have not figured out a system to So: Having JLC do the assembly is a no-brainer for the projects I've done.
[–] foldr 22 hours ago
Agree with this. I used to do my own assembly almost as a point of pride, but the Chinese shops will do it so cheap now that you are really just torturing yourself to no purpose. (It’s fun the first few times, but gets old pretty quick.)