Recommendations for prototypes

[steamer]

--Have a circuit board all drawn up; now looking for a shop to make
the prototype. Recommendations appreciated. Board is small, maybe 3" x 4"
and eventual production quantities will be low; maybe 2 doz/yr.

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[Tim Wescott]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:35:00 +0000, steamer wrote:

--Have a circuit board all drawn up; now looking for a shop to make the
prototype. Recommendations appreciated. Board is small, maybe 3" x 4"
and eventual production quantities will be low; maybe 2 doz/yr.

I like PCB Express (http://www.pcbexpress.com/), 'cause they do good
work, and because I can give them Gerber files (which means that I'm not
stuck with them when I want to go to higher quantity, nor do I have to
pay some stupid "conversion" fee to get IP that's rightfully mine).

If you go up to higher quantities they can just throw it over the wall to
their sister company, Sunstone.

I also like them 'cause they're local, but that's the least of their
attractions.

--
http://www.wescottdesign.com

 

[David L. Jones]

"steamer" <steamer@sonic.net> wrote in message
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--Have a circuit board all drawn up; now looking for a shop to make
the prototype. Recommendations appreciated. Board is small, maybe 3" x 4"
and eventual production quantities will be low; maybe 2 doz/yr.

Many people on here, including myself, recommend www.pcbcart.com in China.
Excellent service, online quoting, and you wouldn't bother getting just one,
just get a few dozen up front as most of the cost is in the tooling and
shipment.

Dave.

 

[Rich Webb]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:58:15 -0600, Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:35:00 +0000, steamer wrote:

--Have a circuit board all drawn up; now looking for a shop to make the
prototype. Recommendations appreciated. Board is small, maybe 3" x 4"
and eventual production quantities will be low; maybe 2 doz/yr.

I like PCB Express (http://www.pcbexpress.com/), 'cause they do good
work, and because I can give them Gerber files (which means that I'm not
stuck with them when I want to go to higher quantity, nor do I have to
pay some stupid "conversion" fee to get IP that's rightfully mine).

If you go up to higher quantities they can just throw it over the wall to
their sister company, Sunstone.

I also like them 'cause they're local, but that's the least of their
attractions.

Another vote for PCB Express. Their FAQs and pre-order checklists are
*very* helpful for first-timers and go a long way in preventing
surprises and disappointments.

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

 

[Paul E. Schoen]

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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"steamer" <steamer@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:49a43dd4$0$1635$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
--Have a circuit board all drawn up; now looking for a shop to make
the prototype. Recommendations appreciated. Board is small, maybe 3" x
4"
and eventual production quantities will be low; maybe 2 doz/yr.

Many people on here, including myself, recommend www.pcbcart.com in
China.
Excellent service, online quoting, and you wouldn't bother getting just
one, just get a few dozen up front as most of the cost is in the tooling
and shipment.

I have had good results with them as well. I had 100 pieces of a 1" x 2.5"
board made for about $140 total including shipping in 5 days.

For prototype quatities, I like www.pcbfabexpress.com. I got 5 pieces of 4"
x 6" boards for about $20 each.

Paul