Hi The bottom line has always been that the outfits in China are the cheaper source for boards. That said, right now, Advanced Circuits will sell you a single piece of a double sided board for $33. It’s a “full feature” board with solder mask, silk screen, and a 3 day fab time. I don’t use their free software, but have always been quite happy with their boards.
Bob > On Dec 9, 2016, at 2:58 PM, BIll Ezell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry if I'm behind the times, just did a new project that required a pcb, > and ExpressPCB is my go-to vendor for one-off boards. I just noticed they now > provide the low-cost boards (fixed size, 3x5, quantity 3) that I've always > ordered with silk screen and solder mask for $71. I got my latest boards that > way and they're beautiful. No relationship to them, just a happy customer. > You can still get the barebones boards for $51. The hack I used to use was to > put the component id and such on the top copper layer as tiny text, but that > was a bit of a pain for layout. (Oops, can't put that label there, it's > copper and there's a trace there also) Really nice to be able to get real > boards, even if it does end up being ~$23/board. > > -- > Bill Ezell > ---------- > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck > will be the day they make vacuum cleaners. > Or maybe Windows 10. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
