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Getting boards made off shore

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Does anyone have any experience getting circuit boards made in China or other off-shore sites?  Any recommendations for mfgrs?  Are there any things to be aware of, concerned about?  What about quality control?  Is it better for them to populate the board or have it populated here?  My board will include a PIC 16F88 micro.   Any problems there?  I am looking at 10,000 pieces if that is a consideration.

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    I haven't looked into 10000 piece quantities yet, but I have ordered 10-100 piece quantities from two overseas board houses. The 10 piece which I have used for prototyping is SeeedStudio, and  have been very happy with the quality of the boards.  The other board house is http://www.goldphoenixpcb.com/, which I have done one order and a co-worker of my has order 8-10 different layout from them.  All have been good quality.  As for assembly You might start with the "the Knode" PCB services for quotes at least I have not used this yet, but from what I see done in our manufacturing at the company work for the prices are fairly competitive in the under 1000 piece range.  Also we do use both here USA and overseas and in that quantities you shouldnt have to many problems finding someone to work with you for both boards and assembly. Hope this helped out a little.

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    I haven't looked into 10000 piece quantities yet, but I have ordered 10-100 piece quantities from two overseas board houses. The 10 piece which I have used for prototyping is SeeedStudio, and  have been very happy with the quality of the boards.  The other board house is http://www.goldphoenixpcb.com/, which I have done one order and a co-worker of my has order 8-10 different layout from them.  All have been good quality.  As for assembly You might start with the "the Knode" PCB services for quotes at least I have not used this yet, but from what I see done in our manufacturing at the company work for the prices are fairly competitive in the under 1000 piece range.  Also we do use both here USA and overseas and in that quantities you shouldnt have to many problems finding someone to work with you for both boards and assembly. Hope this helped out a little.

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    Thanks for the info.  I am hearing from others that it will be a lot more cost effective if I have the same place that makes the board do the assembly and it looks like Gold Phoenix does that too - so that looks good.   I would actually prefer if they could also make or buy the enclosure and insert the board in it, ensuring that everything fits and works.  And it would probably be cheaper than having yet another company in the loop.