I can only recommend the company that I use to make my pcb's.
[1]fz...@126.com from huizhou in china that is very easy to work with
and very professional at a good price. usually less then 2 dollars a
board for samples.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Dave N6NZ <[2]n...@arrl.net> wrote:
If this is your first board, I'd go with a shop that is reasonably
fast and known for quality work.
Fast because:
* this is your first board, and you are excited to have it.
* this is your first board, and now is the time to "make mistakes
quickly".
Quality work because:
* this is your first board, and you don't need to chase any red
herrings.
On this side of the pond, I'd go for APCircuits or PCBExpress (not
to be confused with express PCB). Either will give you a very high
quality board, quickly. Either is as easy to work with as ordering
a book from Amazon. Either will appear costly compared to slower
solutions of less predictable quality. IMHO, today is your day to
spend a few more dollars on a PCB and eat a cheap lunch. :)
My friends have used Olimex with happy results, although you will
wait.
I used to be high on SparkFun's BatchPCB, but soured on it after
experiencing long waits and getting back junk. Well, not total
junk. I ordered multiple units of several different designs, and
got back nearly 2X of each that I ordered. OK, at first I'm
thinking they felt generous when they were panelizing, nice customer
service. Turns out, many were bad boards. I think somebody *knew*
they had just created a batch of dodgy boards, and ran another batch
of panels and sent the whole output to their customers to sort it
out. I consider 60% yield, expecting the customer to weed out the
pigs, as unacceptable quality. The BatchPCB vendor is Gold Phoenix,
a Chinese vendor.
If you are outside North America, then APCircuits or PCBExpress may
not be cost effective options.
-dave
On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:36 AM, jason duhamell wrote:
> Are you willing to work with chinese?
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Jim <[1][3]...@k4gvo.com> wrote:
>
> Are there any fab shops that would be gentle with a very new,
very
> inexperienced PCB designer? OH and reasonable for a prototype.
Last
> time I laid up a board I used a drafting table and mylar. I may
> need a bit of handholding as I go along.
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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