My blank circuit board manufacturer is shut down until the 18th of feb.(hopefully... originally was the 10th, its keeps getting delayed longer). Quite a few items are going out of stock here and low on others. I knew they shut down for a couple weeks for CNY but did not plan for the extended down time which is messing me up.
A lot of passives and basic actives I get from China and I resorted to Thailand or domestic sellers for the time being. LCSC came back online this week. I got a DHL tracking number that shows i should get it soon. Even with tariffs its hard to beat China's pricing on stuff like resistors and ceramic caps. I can get 1000pcs of a 1/4w resistors, 4148, ceramic caps, etc for like $3usd. I'd like to use domestic sources for everything, but prices would go up.
Even once China is back up and running a lot of air lines are not flying in until much later. I figure this is going to cause even more delays.
