PCB Manufactures

[budude]

Brian,

Any word on how they turned out or did you never get them made?

I haven't received them yet - they went into the 7/11 batch - I don't recall how long it takes to get the order - should be fairly soon! I'll be sure to follow up here when they come in. If they turn out good, I'll probably try them again for the Ren4Flood and Prop48LSD boards...

[xjypcb]

Hi:
www.xjypcb.com can supply the most reasonable price for samples and large order quantity, welcome to contact with me at sales-jucy@xjypcb.cn
Many people in this formun have been buy PCB from me .

[RPM]

Hi:
www.xjypcb.com can supply the most reasonable price for samples and large order quantity, welcome to contact with me at sales-jucy@xjypcb.cn
Many people in this formun have been buy PCB from me .

FYI, many of the PCB's I have made for my projects are from xjypcb.cn
If you've ever gotten an SSR board from me, they were made by this manufacturer.

Robert

[mrpackethead]

I use Goldenphoenix for small runs, and Silvercircuits for production volumes. Silver circuits are based in Malaysia. Very good.

[ukewarrior]

I would like to suggest you make an open offer to members of this forum for some great deals !

Hi:
www.xjypcb.com can supply the most reasonable price for samples and large order quantity, welcome to contact with me at sales-jucy@xjypcb.cn
Many people in this formun have been buy PCB from me .

[orcun]

I used gold phoenix for one order with their "special" pricing... Didn't have any problems.

prototype pcb assembly

[ebrady]

I use two companies:

BatchPCB -> They are run by SparkFun Electronics. Boards are good quality. Spark fun publishes the parameters for DRC, plus you can download Eagle CAM files for Gerber generation. You usually have to wait a little longer to get them, but they are cheap. The one good thing I have noticed is they usually ship you more boards then you ordered. The last board I sent them was my own design of a 16 channel DMX controller measuring 3.75 x 8 inches, the price was $90 for one, which was expensive, but cheaper then other companies. THEY SENT ME THREE!!! :mrgreen: so final cost was about $30 a piece. http://www.batchpcb.com Sparkfun tutorials are at http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/109

Gold Pheonix -> This is the house that BatchPCB uses. They have a special were you purchase 155 sq inches of PCB and however many of your designs will mathematically fit into that space is how many they send you. I have placed my first order with them for the 16CH DMX board listed above and am waiting for them to return. Since BatchPCB uses them, it should be equivalent quality, I will know when I get them I guess. They accept Gerber files and you can use the DRC parameters published for BatchPCB. One note, you have to jump through a few hoops to order as they do not have a way to submit online, all has to be done by e-mail. I followed their instructions and it seemed to go smoothly. BTW: With them, my 3.75 x 8 board came out to be $110 for 5, or $22 a board which is not bad for small quantities of a board of this size.
http://www.goldphoenixpcb.biz/special_price.php

UPDATE:
This year I switched to "SeeedStudio and have not had any desire to use BatchPCB or Gold Phoenix since. Quality is just as good for 2 layer boards and the price is unbeatable. The same 3.75 x 8 board listed above, comes to ~$70 plus shiping, for 10 boards instead of $110 for 5. They have a killer pricing on 4" x 4" boards (10cm x 10cm) - 10 for ~$25 plus shipping.