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Inside a Huge PCB Factory

Strange Parts · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Manufacturing & industrial processesElectronics & circuit design

What it is

Strange Parts tours JLCPCB's large PCB factory in Huizhou, China, walking through the printed circuit board manufacturing process step by step. It shows the machinery, quality checks and scale behind cheap prototype boards.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as the best look inside a modern PCB fab, cited in threads on hobby PCB vendors, manufacturing in China and automation.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “the whole vid is worth watching”

    Shows what QA looks like in a PCB factory

    est, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Apple Insiders Say Nobody Knows What’s Going on with Bloomberg's Hack Story”

  2. “Strange Parts[1] made a great factory tour video of the JLC facility in China”

    Factory tour of JLC's PCB facility in China.

    ddeck, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Etch a circuit board with kitchen supplies”

  3. “Strange parts has some cool inside look at the popular pcb manufacturing fabs”

    Inside look at PCB fabs like PCBWay and JLCPCB.

    antoniuschan99, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Foxconn gets green light for $270M factory in Vietnam”

  4. “It's a tour of JLCPCB's factory, where they go through all the PCB manufacturing steps.”

    Tour of JLCPCB's factory covering all PCB manufacturing steps.

    elihu, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “Comparing Hobby PCB Vendors”

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Topics: jlcpcb, factory tour, electronics manufacturing, prototype pcbs, china

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