[sdiy] DIY PCBs

[GothGeek Sysadmin]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 09:03:23PM +0200, René Schmitz wrote:
> The question for those newbies then would probably be where to get the
> funds for a commercial PCB package?! Not everyone can do it where they
> work.... The cheap "trial" versions sometimes can't even do Gerber, some
> non-commercial programs are designed for the home etchant. 
> One could argue you could buy the synth directly from that money instead.  

One company I have dealt with for making Circuit Boards is a place here
in San Leandro California called Douglas Electronics.  $25 gets you their
DesignWorks software that will allow you to upload boards to them for
fabrication.

http://www.douglas.com

I've run across several companies that supply fully functional software
packages for laying out Front panels, circuitboards, etc for cheap or
free but you can only use the output files with them.  

I only really use them when I'm making 5+ of a board, otherwise its
much quicker and cheaper for me to make the boards myself especially 
when I have gone through 2 and 3 board revisions in a night working 
on things...

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