Is there a way to have a more itemized detail of what is going on with the process of boards?
When I look at one of my orders (#2838), the last Order Status shows “01/09/2007 Waiting Panelization”, and the Order Status says “Panelized”…
This doesn’t tell me much, and since the order was placed on the 8th, I am getting concerned. Has it gone to China? Has it arrived back? were there issues with it?
Is there a way to have a more itemized detail of the Order status, such as “Panelized”, “Panel sent to Manufacturing”, “Manufacturing complete”, “Order delivered to BatchPCB”, “Order shipped to customer”…or is this just a problem with my order?
thanks. This will help a lot more with coordinating a schedule for parts placement and ordering.
It’s unlikely that you will see a more detailed order status in the future. This is one of the issues you have to put up with in order to get the cheapest one-off board pricing around.
Just so you know, "“Order delivered to BatchPCB”, “Order shipped to customer” are the same step - we ship out batchpcb stuff usually the same day we recieve it.
I was wondering the same thing. I placed an order right around the same time as Steel and still have not recieved it. From the BatchPCB FAQ -
How long does it take to get my order?
Cheap and fast don’t play well together. If you need your design fabbed in 24 hours - use another board house. We like Advanced Circuits for great quality boards in 1-5 days. Time line example for BatchPCB: You submit your order, successfully pass the DRC, and pay on Tuesday the 4th (day 0) The week’s batch of orders leaves on the 10th (6 days so far) The panel of orders is fabricated in 7 days (13 days so far) The individual PCBs are shipped to BatchPCB in Colorado via DHL 3-day (16 days so far) We then ship your order out same day via USPS Priority Mail 3-days (19 days so far) So you see - worst case is about 19 days, best case is about 10 days. It all depends on when you order and when the batch gets sent off. If there is a holiday in China - expect delays. Expect delays around Christmas, New Years, and Lunar New Year. If Homeland Security decides the “heavy brick” PCB package needs inspection, expect a 1 day delay. If you order first class mail, shipping may take an extra 10 days. We recommend USPS Priority Mail for all PCB shipments. It’s cheap and fast. This all sounds worse than it really is! As we develop projects, we always get at least one PCB design onto the week’s batch panel. While one design is being fabbed, we have new PCBs for another design already arriving from a previous batch - we always have new PCBs to play with!
Hi, our fab in china is taking much longer than usual regarding these panels. We’re expecting them any day now. A bunch of our own inhouse designs are on those panels, so we’re in the same boat as you guys
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Hi, our fab in china is taking much longer than usual regarding these panels. We’re expecting them any day now. A bunch of our own inhouse designs are on those panels, so we’re in the same boat as you guys
Hi, our fab in china is taking much longer than usual regarding these panels.
Ah, ok, I feel much better now. I was wondering what was going on. I am used to waiting for my boards, but it has been a LONG time this go around. I’ll just wait along with the rest of youins
Another update for you all. Specifically, there are two panels we are waiting for, which are quite overdue now. We’re expecting them friday at the latest.
My designs are on there as well, so I suffer with you ;).
Does this mean that orders placed in February will be backed up as well? I placed my order February 27th and was hoping to get the boards by the 20th of March. Do you think this is going to happen?
I understand that you guys have little or no control over what happens in a chinese fab house. I understand that it’s impractical to even know what’s going on at said fab house. However, you give in your FAQ a set of seemingly solid guidelines for how long the process should take. If what is written in that FAQ does not reflect reality (and it doesn’t, unless you’re ready to claim that one holiday is responsible for weeks of delay), it needs to be changed.
