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On Mar 7, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Richard Cooke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Is there a rule of thumb for estimating the cost of getting circuit
> boards assembled? I have a board that is about 1" x 1" with 25
> surface mount parts - most of these are standard 0603 resistors and
> caps. Does anybody know what a per part cost I might be able to use
> for estimating the cost if I'm going to get 500 to 1000 of these made?
> Any guesses?
>
> I got one official quote for $19.50 each which almost made me fall off
> my chair. The 500 piece cost for the electonic parts from Digi-key is
> about $4.20 so asking for $15.30/ea $500 qty) to put the parts on the
> boards seems excessive.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Cooke
> Lake Forest, CA USA
>
>
> 



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