Hey guys, I've never used a fab house and although I've seen mentions of them in various threads, I can't for the life of me remember any of their names. Would like to get a board done and trying to figure out where the heck to go. Any help would be appreciate. TIA
Most of the low-cost fabricators are in China. Here are a few that I have personally used; I've had good experience with all of them.
PCBWay
https://www.pcbway.com/
JLCPCB
https://jlcpcb.com/
ALLPCB
https://allpcb.com/
And here is a site that caters mostly to the DIY community. They have a lot of Arduino and Raspberry Pi stuff but they also do general PCB fabrication and assembly. This one is usually the least expensive for small quantities so I use them a lot for prototype boards.
Elecrow
https://www.elecrow.com/
Good luck.
PCBWay
https://www.pcbway.com/
JLCPCB
https://jlcpcb.com/
ALLPCB
https://allpcb.com/
And here is a site that caters mostly to the DIY community. They have a lot of Arduino and Raspberry Pi stuff but they also do general PCB fabrication and assembly. This one is usually the least expensive for small quantities so I use them a lot for prototype boards.
Elecrow
https://www.elecrow.com/
Good luck.
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If in the USA,
Osh Park is good for smaller pcbs at low prices and free shipping
https://docs.oshpark.com/services/two-layer/
Advanced Circuits (4pcb) has a $33 each prototype special if you buy several boards
https://www.4pcb.com/pcb-prototype-2-4-layer-boards-specials.html
Osh Park is good for smaller pcbs at low prices and free shipping
https://docs.oshpark.com/services/two-layer/
Advanced Circuits (4pcb) has a $33 each prototype special if you buy several boards
https://www.4pcb.com/pcb-prototype-2-4-layer-boards-specials.html
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Remember they will ask for data in a way their automatic system understands, so Gerbers and such, a plain image is not enough.
Which means you will need to master some Software which can output Gerbers.
Which is doable, we´ve all been though that one way or the other, but it takes some learning curve.
Just sayin´ 🙂
Which means you will need to master some Software which can output Gerbers.
Which is doable, we´ve all been though that one way or the other, but it takes some learning curve.
Just sayin´ 🙂
Thanks guys. Circuitboard design is way out of my wheelhouse. Just trying to get a few boards from a gerber available here on the site.
Over the years I have tried numerous pcb fabs.
These days I find for me JLCPCB is cheapest yet still good quality.
China is much cheaper than the uk I find, by about a factor of 3.
These days I find for me JLCPCB is cheapest yet still good quality.
China is much cheaper than the uk I find, by about a factor of 3.
Only a factor of three? I just ran their on line quote for the one that’s in progress now and it was $75 for 10 boards. Comparable US were 90 bucks apiece, in larger quantities. Shipping was high but not unreasonable. On orders like that is it better to combine multiple designs into one shipment, and does it save overall on freight to do so? I have 4 or 5 designs that could be run at once when all of them are ready in say, a month or two.
Just had 35 pcb's back from JLCPCB.
They averaged £1.34 each and some pcb's were larger than 100mm by 100mm and that includes p+p
They averaged £1.34 each and some pcb's were larger than 100mm by 100mm and that includes p+p
Has anybody recently ordered from ALLPCB?
Mine last order on Jan 24th, (about week before their holidays, 3 days build time was longest in the list), still fabricating and nothing sent... Hope everything is fine there in China.
Mine last order on Jan 24th, (about week before their holidays, 3 days build time was longest in the list), still fabricating and nothing sent... Hope everything is fine there in China.
Makes a significant difference. I ordered eyeglasses pre-Holiday, then a different style just as Holidays started. The first came quick, the second seemed to "take forever".
ORDER DATE January 15, 2022
Delivered January 25, 2022
10 days
ORDER DATE January 30, 2022
Delivered February 17, 2022
18 days
So much for Lenscrafters? LOL
https://www.lenscrafters.ca/"Quality eyewear in just one hour" is what they used to say.
EDIT: Looking at the choices, I'm glad I stopped wearing glasses. I did soft contacts for a while but the fact is my eyes aren't that bad.
I have astigmatism. I see faint ghost images vertically. Over 20 years, I've "trained" my brain to ignore the ghosts 🙂
Smoking pot helps relax the optic nerve etc.
I can see the individual bricks on a building over 1km away on a clear day 🙂
I also ordered boards from JLCPCB, and using their "global" cheap option, it's still less than three weeks from order to in my hand.
https://www.lenscrafters.ca/"Quality eyewear in just one hour" is what they used to say.
EDIT: Looking at the choices, I'm glad I stopped wearing glasses. I did soft contacts for a while but the fact is my eyes aren't that bad.
I have astigmatism. I see faint ghost images vertically. Over 20 years, I've "trained" my brain to ignore the ghosts 🙂
Smoking pot helps relax the optic nerve etc.
I can see the individual bricks on a building over 1km away on a clear day 🙂
I also ordered boards from JLCPCB, and using their "global" cheap option, it's still less than three weeks from order to in my hand.
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