diff --git a/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/fab_nextpcb.gif b/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/fab_nextpcb.gif new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e4f501f Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/fab_nextpcb.gif differ diff --git a/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/index.adoc b/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/index.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6056c99 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024-08-08_partnership_with_nextpcb/index.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +date: 2024-08-08 +title: Partnership With NextPCB +author: U. Bruhin +--- + +We are happy to announce our new manufacturing partnership with +https://www.nextpcb.com[NextPCB], a large PCB manufacturer from China! + +About NextPCB +------------- + +https://www.nextpcb.com[NextPCB] provides PCB manufacturing and assembly +services with a lot of capabilities (e.g. materials, colors, surface finish, +panelization, ...) for a competitive price. See details at their +https://www.nextpcb.com/pcb-capabilities[capabilities sheet]. In addition, +they provide a free +https://www.nextpcb.com/dfm[Design For Manufacturing (DFM) tool] for +Windows to analyze your PCB design for various manufacturing issues. + +LibrePCB Fab Integration +------------------------ + +From now on, NextPCB is available as a manufacturer on our manufacturing +service https://fab.librepcb.org[LibrePCB Fab]. As usual, the workflow to +order a PCB is very simple, you now just have one more choice. Note that +solder resist color and PCB thickness configured in LibrePCB are automatically +applied when starting the order with NextPCB: + +{{< imglink "LibrePCB Fab Workflow" "fab_nextpcb.gif" >}} + +Note that currently only PCB orders (without assembly) are supported. It +is planned to add support for their assembly service too in future. + +Sponsorship +----------- + +At this point we also want to thank NextPCB for their +link:{{< relref "sponsors/index.adoc" >}}[sponsorship] of the +LibrePCB project. Their donation help us a lot to keep the development +ongoing -- Thank you! icon:rocket[]