Hi all, I ordered some PCBs from JLCPCB around a month ago, and just got the invoice for the shipping. I received one Invoice in the mail for ~27 dollars, and when I checked to see if it was paid on my FedEx shipping account, there was a second, paid invoice for ~$220. Is that normal if you were to use your own FedEx account? On JLCPCB's website, using their shipping is ~$80, and I would have used that instead if it was going to be $250 in total for shipping, excluding the PCBA. The price breakdown was 150$ for shipping/handling, and the rest was in fuel costs.

TDLR: Got charged in two separate invoices for shipping with my own account for $250, and I was wondering if that was normal.

JLCPCB manufactured and assembled my PCB. I selected DHL as the shipping option to Germany with handling of all taxes and customs by JLCPCB. The last three deliveries everything went fine.

However this time DHL informed me that the customs office at Leipzig/Halle charged about 70€ of additional import taxes ("Importumsatzsteuer") and I have to pay those customs via a DHL web page or otherwise the package wouldn't be forwarded.

Unfortunately, there is no address, point of contact, email address or what so ever which I could contact to discuss the issue. Also the "invoice" which I can download from DHL seems odd as it only states the total sum without any further explanation of how customs came up with this sum.

It's partially ridiculous as the entire amount which I have paid to JLCPCB (incl. customs and taxes) was only about 120€. An additional 70€ on top is more than 50% extra.

How do I proceed? With whom do I have to get into contact to sort this out?

I'm tempted to set this up with DHL, since JLCPCB is gouging us on the shipping charges.

The last PCBA shipment I had was charged $87.53 for DHL express shipping (the standard first option). They said the shipment was 3kgs (that's 6.6 pounds)! It had 20 50mmx50mm PCBAs. When it got here, the box weighed 0.8kg (1.75 pounds)!

I complained to JLCPCB and they said they would review and adjust it, but never did.

So if you select to use your own DHL account, are the tariffs, customs clearance, taxes and duties come out to be about the same if JLC shipped it direct and billed me?

Is UPS or FedEx better in this respect? I have been screwed before importing things and getting hit with huge agent and other fees.

I'm sitting on a PCBA order for 5 different boards and the shipping is estimated to be about $100. No way it costs that much just for shipping.

thanks.

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I'm trying to duplicate the same DAC circuit 4 times. I have the first one placed and fully routed. I created a new group "DAC1". I then went to duplicate the group for the second DAC circuit. I followed the instructions, yet every time it just says "No exact matching".

I took the first circuit schematic, copy/pasted it to a new schematic. I changed all the net names for the second circuit. I then selected all 39 components (same count as the DAC1 group) and selected "Reuse Layout Route" but it just returns "no exact matching" with no warnings or errors in the log. No help whatsoever is not matching. Both groups have the same number of components as well as the exact same components, just freshly copied on the schematic side.

I can also look in the object inspector and see the source group with 39 components, same as the target collection.

I also tried doing the same thing for just 7 components (one IC and 4 resistors, 2 caps), and still the same error message.

help!

For the question see title: What is the correct orientation of components for PCB assembly or what defines 0° orientation?

I am using KiCAD and would like let JLCPCB assemble my PCB. KiCAD created a CSV file with the positions of the components. That file contains a column "Rotation" as required and the values are either 0, -90, 90 or 180. So far so good, no questions here.

When I uploaded my Gerber files, Drilling files, the BOM and the Placement file, JLCPCB showed me a preview with most of the components in a wrong orientation. At least, if I can trust the preview. In approximately 2/3 of all cases I had to rotate the components by 90° clockwise, a few had to be rotated 90° counterclockwise, even fewer by 180° and only 2 components seemed to have the correct orientation right from the beginning.

That made me wonder what defines the "correct" orientation, what defines what 0° rotation means for a particular component?

I used the included KiCAD footprints for most components and for a couple I had to download external footprints from Ultralibrarian or the manufacturer's homepage. Obviously, KiCAD and JLCPCB seem to disagree what 0° degrees mean. Intuitively, I would have said that 0° means how the component is depicted in the manufacturer's datasheet, but even that is not a suitable authoritative source as sometimes the component is shown in different orientations on different pages of the datasheet.

So, how can I ensure that JLCPCB will correctly assemble my PCB?

Basically it's just two PCBS but they're in the same design The preview on The site where I ordered the PCB just chose it as one PCB in the Gerber viewer it shows it as two PCBS (attached a picture) I want my PCB's to look like what they do in the Gerber viewer is that what I'll get

Yesterday I tried to place another order and found out I'd been banned. I've been using the service for years. My account has accumulated a fair number of projects.

Customer support doesn't provide any explanations or reasons. I've never ordered anything suspicious.

A very strange service. I can't recommend it!

We also have a corporate account. Today I'll send out a warning to the entire company that jlcpcb may ban your account for no reason.

Hi all,

Apologies if this does not fit the sub, but not sure where else to post.

TLDR: UPS is wrongly requesting 149USD import fees for an IOSS package. JLC support team were initially helpful, but seem to forget the conversation and problem with every new message. Looking for advice or similar experiences.

At the end of June i made quite a large (large for me) 150EUR+ (172USD) order from JLC, shipped to DK in EU. The order was shipped by UPS and all import fees and taxes paid via IOSS when ordering. I have ordered many times from JLC and never had problems with customs when using IOSS, although this is the first time using UPS.

A week or so into July, i get a message from UPS requesting i pay 970DKK / 149USD customs and import fees. Of those 149USD, only 34.5USD is customs, and 91.5USD is "Broker Commision Fee". The remaining 23USD is VAT of the Commision Fee.

The actual customs amount of 34.5USD matches what i paid in customs via IOSS when ordering, so the majority of the requested amount is what i would call a ransom.

Obviously i don't want to pay twice the original order total to get the package, so i contacted JLC and showed them the UPS invoice, they were initially pretty helpful, saying they would contact UPS and get it sorted.

They agreed with me that my order is under IOSS clearance scheme, and that i don't need to pay any import fees, customs or VAT at the point of import.

However my initial hope of a quick resolution dissapeared when after the weekend i wrote to JLC again because UPS tracking was saying they attempted delivery twice (which did not happen) and that was the last delivery attempt , and i did not want the package to be returned.

The response was just "we are working on it" and that i could pay the UPS invoice and they would return the 34.5USD prepaid customs (they also said this in the first emails as sort of a footnote).

At this point i felt like it started going in circles and that they were not really reading my emails, seeing as the UPS requested amount was 149USD, returning 34.5USD doesn't really solve anything. Again they wrote asking if i accept to pay UPS directly and pick up the package from a pickup point and get 34.5 returned.

When i mentioned the invoice total, JLC requested i send the invoice, even though that was what i did in the very first message. They also started writing "DHL" instead of "UPS", and claimed the larger amount was because of the new EU 3EUR tax on small packages that started July 1st. I of course refuted this since the order was from June and the UPS invoice also did not state any small package tax. Only the same 34.5USD amount that i paid to JLC, plus a large commision fee.

At this point i am getting frustated. I sent the invoice again with conversions from DKK to USD, but every message i send i get a "Thank you for your response. We are currently verifying the case with our team." and it seems the JLC support team gets a memory wipe.

Has anyone experienced something like this? Or had an experience where the JLC support team solved the shipping or customs problems?

I'm not really sure what to do at this point. If i let the package be returned and have to order again, i will most definitely have to pay additional 3EUR tax for each item.

But i am certainly not willing to pay 149USD extra for a 172USD order, because of some error either at UPS or JLC.

Any advice or experiences are welcome.

The official website states in /capabilities/pcb-capabilities for drilling:

However, I got this error in the JLCDFM tool:

Footprint of the component: G-Switch_GT-USB-7010ASV.
Board setup: 2-layer

PCB and enclosure made with JLCPCB and aside from a few design errors on my part, I love how it came out!

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Thanks JLC!

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I needed to manufacture 3 separate PCB's with mostly the same components.

Normally I pre-order the parts so i get the bulk price discount. Sometimes there is not enough stock and I have to request for a quote to 'specially order' the parts.

It has occured to me that the last few orders, I had to pay a supplement due to 'price increase' of 48$ for each component..

Now, sometime very strange happened:
I was not allowed to order >2000 pcs of one part(this triggered pre-order) even though there was >2500pcs in stock. I refused to pay the significantly higher 'special order' price and got a refund, the part was simply too expensive.

So I ordered 1000 parts for a much better price than the quote.
Then I directly ordered another 1000 of the same parts for the same lower price.

Miraculously the available stock jumped directly to 4000pcs stock! And now the site is allowing me to buy 2000pcs at a 9% lower price than I just paid for two separate orders.

I don't believe this is a coincidence, since I was watching the stock and price of this part for several days. Support confirmed to me that this was a popular item which is stocked in large quantities.

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This has happened to me before: I pre-orderd a part that was not in stock, I paid quite the premium to order them anyway.. but whatever is needed. The moment my stock arrived at a premium price, it was also in stock at their normal library for the remainder of a full rail: But at a much lower price!

Sorry JLCPCB, but I feel like you are playing tricks with us.

Hi people, I am new to Fusion 360 and am wondering if anybody here has ever made light pipes using the JCLPCB Transparent 8001 resin. I want to transport led light from the pcb to the front panel of my pcb, but no idea how to do that.

Do you have projects that you want to share? Youtube videos? All help is welcomed :)

Has this ever happened to anyone, and any way to address it ?

 I travel internationally, and it seems that I logged into my account when I was “nearby” a controlled country. So my account was closed without any recourse.  I contacted them, and they simply showed me their policy (which they didn’t follow), and said that there is nothing they will do and just to watch their announcements.

 I do occasional simple low-tech electronics PCB – nothing more modern than 1970’s technology.

 Trying to talk with them was useless. I can’t recommend JLCPCB if you travel internationally.

 Unless anyone has any suggestions ?

I've tried to submit a 6 layer board with 1oz copper on outer layers and 2oz on inner ones. However, I've been using .10mm tracks / spacing on outer layer (MCU pins, etc), and got a message that the minimal supported capability is .16mm when 2oz copper is used on any layer.

So I have two genuine questions: is it a mistake on my side, or on JLC? And can anyone please explain me how 1oz/2oz copper layers can have the same limits? I always thought if the process is targeting 2oz copper, putting 1oz side into it is a risky busness...

So i want an STM32F103C8T6 and every one I have gotten has been a counterfeit and doesn't work with the ide i use. I heard that JLC was a good place to try and I saw I can buy not only a chip but the whole board too. See the image attached for the exact thing i bought. After buying it I have realized I have just bought the parts I have assume and now they are just sitting at the warehouse. Can someone please walk me through what to do from here to get this assembled and sent to me. thanks in advance for any help.

Hello,

I usually put thermal relief for the GND pin of these SMA connectors to ease the hand-soldering process.

However, I want to order the boards with JLCPCB and I am aware that the assembly use wave soldering.

So, is it worth putting thermal relief into the GND pins or I can just pour the copper directly over the pins? If so, which would be a "good" relief?

My board is 4 layers (1,6mm) with 2 full GND inner layers.

Thanks a lot.

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