I went to China to visit the PCB factory for the QuinLED boards!

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Boards are drilled first for plated holes, non-plated holes are drilled at the end of the process

[@IntermitTech]

Yes, this video was a mess to get into the right order since we crisscrossed through the factory basically. Later I realized that's likely what was happening in the chemical process I showed. Thnx for adding comment though, I'm not a factory expert either. 😅

[@andiegli5893]

nice, i want to see more of this content.

[@-djs]

Hi there Quin, what a fantastic video and trip this must of been for you. I hope you feel a sense of pride in yourself in what you have accomplished with all your boards, and definitely with all your happy customers, myself included. Well done my friend.

[@IntermitTech]

I certainly do, very grateful to everyone using them! :D

[@withanHdammit]

This is fantastic! I love seeing the 'behind the scenes' videos. Looking forward to the next one showing the components being placed on the boards! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@AlexKidd4Fun]

I love factory tour videos! Bring more on!

[@smody121]

It's wild how advanced those factories are. I wonder if the cost to build those factories are similar to Europe or the U.S. or if you can get some of those machines for relatively less? Also, I would love to hear more about your perspective on Shenzhen.

[@IntermitTech]

Cool, I'll share some of my thoughts on Shenzhen in one of the upcoming videos! This factory was actually relatively "low-level" in regards to tech if you compare it to PCBway or JLCpcb for instance. More manual work, less mass production in that sense. Still great quality boards though!

[@timothymason5545]

Very cool. That is so awesome to see this all. Thanks for all your hard work and great products.

[@jeffmoberley550]

More please.

[@MrBen31]

High quality borads !

[@RVerJerry]

Very nice to see the factory.

[@ahaines74]

Just got my first quinn board the other day. WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED... FYI My background is 30+ years in the PCBA CM with a mix of PCB FAB industry. Very much looking forward to the assembly video I suspect it will confirm my process thoughts.

[@colormaker5070]

UM maker gave you a shout out on his live stream so I thought I would check you out. subscribed

[@AlvaroQF]

This video is amazing, i love factory tour videos. Thank you

[@ronaldflou9636]

takes me back 35 years, one my first job was drilling en routing of pcb's

[@IntermitTech]

Oh wow, cool, nice! :D

[@sebrassino]

Nice vidoe. I just noticed you and the quinleds. Really interesting.

[@Liarcatcher]

Did you tell them to bring down the price of shipping a little bit? I'm not happy - for three ESP32 WROOM32 ($19.63 total) the shipping cost is 23 usd!

[@IntermitTech]

It's something we are continuously working on. We recently enabled IOSS for our EU buyers, the shipping prices themselves are the next high priority item on the list. Sadly it's not as easy because shipping since COVID is all kinds of whack still. :(

[@sebrassino]

Shipping isn't cheap. The only reason shipping on sites like aliexpress and temu is cheap is cause it's heavily stimulated by the Chinese government. It's impossible to bring a package all over the world for 90 cents/free on a product that costs nothing.

[@Liarcatcher]

​@@sebrassino It's certainly not cheap, but Allnetchina charges a flat rate for shipping and handling. It's $32 for 1 board. It's the same $32 for 10, $35 for 20. A lot of Chinese retailers use European warehouses. Stuff gets into the EU cheap and very fast.

[@sebrassino]

@skynet5785 size of the package hardly changes between 1 and 10. And that's where you are paying for.

[@chicagophoneguy]

That's cool to see. Thanks for sharing

[@rofrmonster]

Now if they could only produce more so Dr Z can finally have some quads in stock 😂😂😂

[@IntermitTech]

We're working on getting new stock there in a week or two hopefully!

[@sdxkokc]

Nice!

[@titustitus7105]

Wow, interesting. Hope the employees are not exposed to radiation on that one X-ray machine. Glad the company wasn't in a prison I worrier about that with some of the things I buy from China. I set up my Mega tree and Christmas light show this year and your boards worked great. Didn't need any Cat-5 cables because of your Wi Fi antennas. Everything worked great. You may need to make a bigger brain board in the future. Also do you have longer cords for your antennas? Alright, I'll be ordering some boards this week getting ready for next Christmas. Good work!

[@IntermitTech]

Ha no prisons there, no worries. I'm sure there is some horrible working conditions at some places but none that I visited (or was able to see). :) Glad to hear the boards are working well for you! :D The external antennas use standard IPEX of U.FL connectors and you can easily shop those on Amazon/Aliexpress to get the version you want!

[@ronm6585]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@StefanMennes]

Leuk! Meer vakantievideos!

[@kwakuasiedu4935]

Have you already made video on auxmer rgbccct led strips?

[@kevinhenryviii]

Loved that👍🏻

[@Jimmy2shoes01]

Hi Quinn, stupid question but how do I wire up a ws2815 to my dig quad. As I can’t seem to get it to power on? Tried two strips. Nothing 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Dr44dst44l]

Hm hu Yeah uh how to tell you this, We always like to see more.

[@IntermitTech]

Hahaha, nice