[Coco] Prototype PCB's

[Little John (GIMEchip.com)]

The place I use for production includes a stencil free if needed for surface 
mount parts. It makes it easier, but my eyes are not what they were this 
time last year... Dad is hooking me up a big magnifier to the bench so I can 
keep working on this stuff. I have the best dad in the world :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jdaggett at gate.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Prototype PCB's


> On 1 Jul 2010 at 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> I deal with mostly surface mount Technology, If I go out with a board with 
> pads for a new
> device in my library then I make sure the part is on hand before the board 
> goes out. I print a
> 1x scale of the layout and verify the part and the layout match.
>
> On through hole designs that can be done with little chance of an error.
>
> james
>
>
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