Thursday, March 25, 2021

PCB jumps from 63% done and target of April 2, suddenly complete and waiting shipment

 This morning when I checked the boards were listed as 63% complete and this evening they jumped to 100%. It had appeared to me that the completion  percentage was simply incremented 1/16th per day based on the target of 16 days for production. This hinted that the board was contracted out to another fab, limiting the visibility that all previous orders had offered into the detailed manufacturing steps.

The PCBs must have arrived at PCBway or be ready for direct shipment from the actual fab plant, without advance notice of faster than forecast progress, thus the leap from 63 to 100 percent. Not that I am complaining, of course. Happy to have them arrive sooner, in fact. 

Once they are tendered to DHL I can get a better idea of the arrival time of the package, particularly once it passes through US customs next week. 

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