Has anyone used #JLCPCB assembly service with some components skipped? Does the paste still get applied to those pads, or does JLC remove those openings from the stencil? If not, I can do it myself, just curious 🙂
I have made boards with ESP32 modules on them, and jlcpcb not populating those, i.e. not in the no LCSC column in the BOM; No Paste.
I can't recall any time where they were out-of-stock, but assume that their process is identical.
Another interesting observation; When ordering Assembly, one can't order a Stencil, which could be related to not be able to have two execution paths of the process.
@niclas@tomkeddie@Affekt@arturo182 so yeah, that explains why I've not seen random solder on DNP pads on my boards, and neither have you. you have to say "ok but add the solder anyway for reasons"
@arturo182 yes, and I haven't noticed any remnants of paste being applied. I'm pretty sure their DFM process automatically removes the paste on DNP component pads based on what I received a couple years back.
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