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Re: Fusion – One-stop prototyping service for PCBs

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Post by jwr » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 10:40 AM UTC

Libermentix wrote: post #50

jwr wrote: post #30

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Finally, something being done in Europe! Sign me up. I've been using Seeed, ITEAD & OSHPark for my hobby stuff, and MacroFab for work stuff (eyeing closely PCBng which gets a lot of things right, but doesn't support all my components yet), but all of those have the same problem: shipping. You either pay with time (3 weeks to get your boards back) or with money (>$60 for quick shipping). I believe there is a lot that…

Hi jwr, co-founder of paddi91 here. What your are saying is essentially what has driven us to start investigating into this. We come from the Open source hardware and hobby electronics world, and have backgrounds in mechanical engineering and information technology. So we wondered how we can add a European flavor to it: Lots of high quality manufacturers here in (central) Europe, but with a focus on High-End High-Sca…

So, I did a quick check, and you're currently over 4x more expensive than OSHpark for 2-layer PCBs, but the assembly proposition looks much more promising. I will definitely keep an eye on your project.

Re: Fusion – One-stop prototyping service for PCBs

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Post by NguyenJobs » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 11:54 AM UTC

Hi guys, for those electronics aficionados, just to let you know I've been using with great results Fusion PCB to produce my own designed PCBs. I was very impressed with the result, very high quality PCBs and very good personal customer service. Despite it's a manufacturing house based in China, the process was very smooth, I had constant feedback from the production line, in case I wanted to correct or change things, the quality standards and testing was more than I was expecting, and the shipping was really fast. In the end they offered me some extra coupons, which was the cherish on the top of the cake. If you're thinking on printing your PCBs, I couldn't advise more

Re: Fusion – One-stop prototyping service for PCBs

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Post by 2bluesc » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

MitchellAu wrote: post #42

2bluesc wrote: post #4

I used their 2-layer service a while back it wasn't impressed, primary issues were solder mask wasn't up to spec, silkscreen was rough, and some copper was removed from areas that should have met their spec. I wound up going with pcbway.com on the same gerbers and have used them many times since.

Have you tried to ask them to re-do? I have not met this situation, what I received is good. I like the flexible logistics way Seeed offers. Sometimes it is expensive to pay for $20 express shipping fee for $9.9 board.

Didn't ask for a redo. Had it been just silk screen maybe.

I had sent my prototype gerbers to two places. Pcbway was better quality and cheaper. As a result, I gave them the rest of the production order.