Oh, one other company that I found recently, but have never ordered from is PCB-Pool.com. Their prices seem to be substantially cheaper than Advanced, and one big benefit is that they include a free solder paste stencil with your order. They also build your boards straight from your Eagle (or other editor) files, so no mucking about with gerbers.
I just did a quick test quote, and the price difference between pcb-pool and Advanced is pretty substantial. Four 2x2" 4 layer boards from pcb-pool is $112.50 total (possibly excluding shipping). Four 2x2" 4 layer boards from Advanced are $80.95 EACH. Advanced is a bit quicker, five days vs. eight, but for the difference, I could probably be patient! If you really need a 5-day turn, PCB pool would still be cheaper at $200.50 total. (FYI, the reason I chose four 2x2 boards is the PCB pool has minimum of 16 sq. in.) On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Mike Payson<[email protected]> wrote: > Two other places to consider are http://www.goldphoenixpcb.biz/ and > http://www.batchpcb.com/. > > They each have advantages, it just depends on what exactly you need. > Gold Phoenix sells you an entire panel of boards (75 to 155 sq. in. > for 4 layer boards) for a single price, so they are cheap for a small > run of boards, but not ideal if you only want one or two. > > BatchPCB is very cheap for one or two small boards, but very slow for > 4 layer boards. > > If you need fast and only want one or two, I'd go with Advanced PCB, > but these two are good for many jobs. > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:03 AM, mike<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Little off topic, but figured it's probably a good group to be asking this... >> >> (Oh yeah, and KiCAD Rocks!...thanks KiCAD guys!) >> >> Looking for a PCB house for 4 layer prototypes. Been using Sierra Circuits >> "no >> touch" fully automated service for rectangular boards on previous prototypes >> and have been happy with the high quality, price, and turn time. Just >> wondering if anybody has any others they could recommend that might be >> competitive, particularly in Canada. >> >> Thanksl, >> >> Mike Sharkey >> pikeaero.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your >> question. >> Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of >> Kicad. >> Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your >> symbols/modules to the kicad library. >> For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the >> kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups >> Links >> >> >> >> >
