Free Spare Parts Parking

If you have assembled a PCB board, you know that the unit price differences between individual and volume packages can be 2~5 times. If you buy more to save, storing and tracking spare parts can become a real headache.

To help you solve this problem, MyRO offers unlimited parts parking for free. You can leave your spare parts with us to be used in future projects. We are also building a parts exchange program. Soon you’ll be able to trade spare parts with other customers. This will reduce parts cost for everyone.

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MyRO ERP Version 3.0 Released

MyRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is our digital system which controls our entire work flow of your orders on PCB, PCBA, FPC, Stencil and components. This software system is essential to ensure our quality of service and timely delivery. The first version of MyRO ERP was launched back in 2002.

At MyRO, we constantly look for a more convenient, efficient way to service our customers’ needs. In the EpTech trade show in Toronto in April, a customer asked me,

“What’s the magic lead time which gives me the lowest price?”

Further conversation revealed that checking the price of different lead time is a pain in filling in the ordering form.

We listened and removed the “Lead Time” field, and provided a table of pricing based on 1~6 days of lead time. You can simply compare and choose the lead time which is right for you. It’s also one less field to fill in.

“Well then, what about lead time beyond 6 days?”

The pricing reflects the effort in completing a job in the specified lead time. Normally, we can schedule the work properly in our work queue within 6 days. However, when a large number of orders rush in in a short period, a 15 days lead time may have a better price.

We’d love to hear from you about how you like or hate the system. This will help us serve your better. If you have anything to say, please comment below.

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Make DIY PCB Professionally

Stuck in the mode of continuous improvement (what people at Toyota called Kaizen), I was always on the look out to see how others make PCB boards, hoping to learn something good. The following is a professionally made video on an admirable DIY PCB fabrication process.

One important point in the video is to use liquid tin coating to improve solderability and protect against oxidation. This significantly reduces the probability of making cold solder joints.

Meanwhile, a potential fatal flaw is soldering mask not being applied. When soldering a pad like this, you’ll have to be very careful with solder bridges forming between copper tracks.

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