What is NRE of PCB fabrication quotes?
If you have PCB fabrication quotes from online, you may notice some of PCB fabrication quotes have NRE option.
And there were many customers ask Angel about this question.
So this post will discuss about PCB fabrication.
First of all you should know the full name of NRE.
NRE is Non Recurring Engineering.
The process of Non Recurring Engineering
Many people know there were charges for NRE, but don’t know the exact process.
So angel wants to introduce the detail process of non recurring engineering.
This will include creating the photo-plot films for etching the board, setting up the drill machines to drill the board, programming the routers to route the finished board out of the PCB panel.
There are many steps in creating a board and machines have to be programmed, jigs made etc.
The difference between local PCB manufacturer with oversea ones
The charge of NRE in PCB fabrication quote has different between local PCB manufacturer with oversea ones.
If you can visit a local board shop you can get to see the process first hand.
If you have quoted from oversea PCB fabrication, you may can’t get those.
Talk to your vendor and ask for them to be explained.
