[sdiy] rising cost of PCB's?

[Tim Ressel]

I for one would rather spend my time designing and playing with new circuits. Since I have more money than time, I let the PCB folks do the acid work for me. 

Out of curiosity, have you done any 0.5mm fine pitch parts with your method?

--TimR


--- On Sun, 4/26/09, David G. Dixon <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:

> From: David G. Dixon <dixon at interchange.ubc.ca>
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] rising cost of PCB's?
> To: "'Tom Corbitt'" <tom.corbitt at gmail.com>, "'Synth DIY'" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 11:11 AM
> Warning!  Controversy alert!!
> 
> Please don't be offended, but...
> 
> Doesn't sending gerber files away for professionally
> manufactured,
> double-sided, through-hole-plated pcbs take a big chunk of
> the "diy" out of
> the "synth-diy"?
> 
> I can print a pattern, transfer it to a blank pcb, etch it,
> drill it, and be
> stuffing and soldering it, all within about an hour, and
> all for about $3
> per board.  Plus, it's fun (and the boards work just
> fine).
> 
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