![]() The low quantity boards are done by OSHpark and bundled or higher quantity boards are ordered as panels from Korea.Currently the UI can do 2 layer but 4 layer is coming soon.Programming firmware is done in house, but is disabled even though it’s shown in the UI.Each part received after being bought is also recorded for lot control. For the low quantity boards, a lot is placed by hand.There are 4 full time employees at Macrofab plus a range of part time line workers.They can also do s elective solder for through hole parts. Reflow is the long time sink for a lot of boards.There are 32 feeders per side plus platform tray of 28. It c an do 0402 parts, up to 6000 parts per hour. Macrofab has a Universal GSM2 pick and place, built in the mid 2000s.There is currently only a part l ibrary for EAGLE, others coming later. Another way of keeping costs down is using the h ouse parts.A big way of lowering costs is having users verify rotation and alignment of the parts from the placement files (derived from the uploaded EAGLE, KiCad or DIPtrace files.Listeners should try out the service using the demo link that shows the price of a propeller dev stick board.Macrofab has raised 2 angel rounds, one in fall of 2013 and one in mid 2014.They recently announced that a 5 day turn is available. Someday they would like to bring PCB manufacturing in house so that they can get a 24hr turn on assembled boards.There is a brewery next door and the Houston MLS team plays down the street. Macrofab is a new contract manufacturing service to allow for low cost single or multi board runs using a very friendly UI interface.Welcome Chris Church and Parker Dillmann of Macrofab! ![]()
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