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Transparent solder mask - jlcpcb
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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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JLC does not have a clear soldermask.
You could simply not have a soldermask also and spray a clear coat on it.
JLC and PCBway are actually very comparable in price for just the basics with the basic colors and everything.
But when you put very advanced setting like dyed FR4 PCB cores and new transparent soldermasks, the cost will double or triple.
The issue isn't that those things are hard to do, it is the number and availability of machines with those settings since switching out a soldermask color is pretty expensive labor-wise and then all following runs through that machine have to use that mask color.
I must be doing something wrong. For what looks to be exactly the same spec, jlcpbc is quoting A$14.85 (US$9.92)while pcbway are quoting just over US$100 for the same thing.
Depending on rules you set for track width, track distance, annular rings, etc... will put you in different classes of PCBs depending on specs that both list due to using different tools.
You might have to adjust rules in KiCAD or whatever you use to adapt it to PCBway.
It is all automated systems, so it won't let you slip into the lower class if you have just one thing out of spec
Yeah, maybe. 10x the cost for a default print is a bit too much for me to bother fiddling to make it right for them. Think I’ll just stick with jlcpcb and make do without the transparent coat.