[Coco] Prototype PCB's

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 01 July 2010, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>If you don't mind three weeks minimum lead time for boards try
> batchpcb.com. What is nice with them is that you can also make the final
> design available to sell on their market place webpage. So when you get
> the layout to where you finally want then anyone can buy the bare boards
> through batchpcb.com. If you want fster service Adcance Circuit is
> another outlet.
>
>They take Gerbers and panelize them and ship out to a house in China( Gold
> Pheonix). Fast is not a marquee of their work. Price is sort of okay .
> For 2 layer boards they are $2 or $2.50 a square inch.  Four layer in my
> opinion is high at $8 a square inch. You can order a board as small as 1
> square inch to 10x15 inch and one of a kind. PCBExpress has the limit of
> they accept orders from their own software. Not bad but consider that the
> 4 layer miniboard service gets you 3 boards at a specific size is
> restrictive. Still the price is very competive. Their miniboard service
> ends up at about $3.70 per sq in with shipping. There are som caveats
> with their software that is not all that bad. It is rather easy to learn
> and not near as complex as Eagle.
>
>james
>
>On 30 Jun 2010 at 21:27, sales at gimechip.com wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a good place to have prototype PCB's made in small
>> (like 2 or 3) quantity for cheap. It would help me get these hardware
>> designs out there faster. I have checked with Express PCB or PCB Express
>> - their miniboard service would be great, that is, if they accepted
>> Gerber's. As it is, I know my way around EAGLE pretty well - I don't
>> want to have to learn a new CAD/CAM/etc. Package. And I have some really
>> cool designs that I'd like to get out there, and yes, I do eventually
>> release the entire designs for all to see - I want people to be able to
>> build anything I design without having to order it from me (unless they
>> want to). By releasing these things, people can improve them, build
>> their own, etc. - That's why I enjoy doing this stuff - It's fun and you
>> guys Rock Out Loud! Oh Yeah!!! (nope, I'm not Kool-Aid man, I just like
>> to yell Oh Yeah!)  - John
>>

And that lead time is probably faster than I could round up all the stuff, 
so you might consider that.

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