OSHPark is a nonstarter for many workflows because they don't do assembly. I can't do anything with a plain PCB!

wildzzz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And for me, I'd rather do my own assembly than pay $1400 for five boards from Circuithub that I can get from JLCPCB for $20 or OSHPark for $50.

IshKebab an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

For simple-to-medium boards you can assemble it yourself... No help if you're making a motherboard or whatever though.

	▲	the__alchemist an hour ago \| parent [-]
		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.