I don't know what your profit margins will be like but even if you have a design flaw in the first board the spending another $132 sucks but IMHO shouldn't make or break whether you profit or not given a 150 board run. On my previous project I broke even only selling 6 boards (prototype that was 100% functional - I got lucky).
Anyway my point was I don't think $33 is that bad for a low volume run especially since advanced circuits fabs very high quality boards. And no, i don't work for advanced circuits. In fact for my production run I'm using a chinese company. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:58 AM, John Griessen <j...@ecosensory.com> wrote: > On 02/18/11 12:12, yamazakir2 wrote: >> >> If you need mask/silk I'd just stick with 33 each... the quality is >> excellent and even with a minimum quantity of 4, it's not that big of >> a investment if you plan on doing a 150 board run. > > My board run coming is for an open hardware project with low volume sales > potential only and little room for error. What if the prototype run > does what it's intended and exposes a flaw before production? > > Spend another $132? > > Here's something I found that serves as a good north America > channel to chinese fab prices since they have an office in Ottowa. > Shipping to USA is cheaper the Europe, and flat rate, so they must > be bundling it from China to Ottowa, then reshipping orders. > > http://www.myropcb.com/online-quote/pcb-prototype-quote/ > > A single proto board up to 30 sq in. 2-layer seems to cost > $52 shipped and may include outline routing. I have a question to them. > They answered on question already in about 30 minutes via email. > > Anyone have experience with myropcb.com? > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user