PCB design and manufacturing
#1
Posted 11 June 2011 - 06:48 PM
Has anyone used that service? Are there better services around?
Mostly what I want to do is design relatively simple 2-layer PCBs, and then have only 1 (or a few) manufactured for me.
#2
Posted 13 June 2011 - 05:58 AM
#3
Posted 17 June 2011 - 04:19 PM
#4
Posted 17 June 2011 - 06:13 PM
I was contemplating wiring up a prototype using something like this, but then I realized for a bit more money, less effort (since I don't need to wire up the protoboard) and not much more time I can get a properly laid out board.
Basically for prototyping, my priorities are in this order: Turn-around time, Quality, Price. Most services seem to have much longer lead times than ExpressPCB.
I guess it can't hurt to try out the service and see if it works for my purposes. It would be interesting to hear from people that tried their service to hear if they at least stick to their claims.
#5
Posted 17 June 2011 - 08:51 PM
#6
Posted 22 June 2011 - 09:21 PM
For schematics it supporst the following file types: *.sch, *.ssl, *.lup, *.sgf, and *.fab. For PCB layout symbols it supports: *.pcb, *.psl, *.lup, *.fgf and *.fab.
Is there any place I can find Netduino in any of these formats?
#7
Posted 23 June 2011 - 12:27 AM
The quality of the boards is generally very good. On the last order I did (for a full panel) they actually shipped me two panels because there was a small manufacturing error on one of the boards. They do do sanity checking too, a coupelof orders ago I forgot to include my nc drill file, they contacted me back within an hour of submitting the order to confirm whether I actually did want a board with no holes
#8
Posted 23 June 2011 - 03:10 AM
Batch PCB uses GoldPhoenix in China for their manufacturing. I go directly to goldphoenix as for the boards I make it turns out much cheaper ($110 US for a 10x15in panel, double sided, pth, single sided silkscreen, no limit on holes etc)
The quality of the boards is generally very good. On the last order I did (for a full panel) they actually shipped me two panels because there was a small manufacturing error on one of the boards. They do do sanity checking too, a coupelof orders ago I forgot to include my nc drill file, they contacted me back within an hour of submitting the order to confirm whether I actually did want a board with no holes
Wow thanks for the link. I like the fact that it's not per-board it's per-area. Sure, sometimes you may only want one or two boards but who couldn't use extras for a decent price? If you've got a 3x4" board they'll make you 8 of them for $100? Including shipping? That's fantastic. Love it.
Ah - the catch is no testing on 2 layer boards with a 15% fail rate. 4 layer and higher they test and have a 2% fail rate. Still, using the example above you'd have 1-2 boards fail per batch. Even with 2 failed boards you're talking about ~$18 per board. Not bad at all.
#9
Posted 24 June 2011 - 12:14 PM
Wow thanks for the link. I like the fact that it's not per-board it's per-area. Sure, sometimes you may only want one or two boards but who couldn't use extras for a decent price? If you've got a 3x4" board they'll make you 8 of them for $100? Including shipping? That's fantastic. Love it.
Ah - the catch is no testing on 2 layer boards with a 15% fail rate. 4 layer and higher they test and have a 2% fail rate. Still, using the example above you'd have 1-2 boards fail per batch. Even with 2 failed boards you're talking about ~$18 per board. Not bad at all.
I've found seeedstudio http://www.seeedstud....html?cPath=185 to be cheapest for small prototyping even with the import duty & delivery costs. $35 for 10 boards of a max size of 10cm by 10cm.
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