Hi There are a number of free ( = there is no license fee ) pcb layout programs out there. One of the many is KiCad. It’s not that hard to use. It is very popular. There are a lot of YouTube videos and blogs detailing how to do this or that with it. Laying out a board to mount an OCXO on is a pretty good starter project.
Once you get going, a board is a weekend project. Indeed, a simple board might be an evening project. There’s not a lot involved. Once you have your layout, it goes off to any of a number of outfits. Seeed Studio is one that many people use. WellPCB is another that comes with a lot of recommendations. As long as you stick with < 100 mm x < 100 mm parts a number of places will sell you boards for 50 cents each. Shipping does cost $20 to $30, so doing more than one board at a time is a pretty good idea. If you are laying out five boards a week, batching them up isn’t the hard part :) While most don’t seem to use it, many board houses also offer assembly / pick and place services. On a board that uses simple parts, that might take out the whole assembly process. No idea (yet) how well that part goes …. Bob > On May 13, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Bill Notfaded <notfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been trying to find a base PCB design to use too. In the interim I > bought some boards from Gerry Sweeney that sells them for HP5313x frequency > counter OCXO upgrades and supports different footprints. Open source > design is even better. OSHpark is great. Please post it! > > Bill E. > > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, 11:59 PM Matthias Welwarsky <time-n...@welwarsky.de> > wrote: > >> On Dienstag, 12. Mai 2020 20:53:25 CEST Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: >> >>> Ten boards did cost $5 at PCBway, DHL wanted $25 for transport. :-< >>> I can publish the Altium Designer project or the Gerber files when the >>> 1st ten are used up >>> and there has been somewhat more testing. The number of possible >>> combinations >>> is quite large. >> >> If you publish the Gerber files, People in the US can use OSHPark for >> having >> the boards made, in EU Aisler.net is probably the best option. >> >> BR, >> Matthias >> >>> >>> Cheers, Gerhard >>> >>> Am 12.05.20 um 19:52 schrieb Wes: >>>> Does anyone know of a ready made board that will allow me to mount and >>>> at the least, minimally support the operation of an MV89A oscillator. >>>> I have one which I've powered up deadbug style and would like to clean >>>> up the mess a little. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Wes N7WS >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >>>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
