[sdiy] source for many, small, simple PCB's ?? for educational use

[Tony Rolando]

I have used PCB Cart alot. The customer service is great and the price 
is, as all things from China, lower then one would expect. HOWEVER, I 
would say the quality is just OK. I have had many boards where the 
soldermask or silkscreen is offset and covers portion of the pads, or is 
spotty (characters not legible). I have also had depanelization where a 
good chunk of the board is cut off, I have even lost pads this way (with 
all traces, pads well within accepted limits of PCBCart).

With all that in mind, I have been considering moving all of my parts to 
a US based PCB house (Advanced Circuits). The cost increase ranges from 
$2.00 to $10.00 per unit. The political climate in China is starting to 
disturb me, and we need the work here in the States.

TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER, Advanced Circuits offers the barebones PCBs 
which are very affordable. No soldermask, no silkscreen. Ship quickly. 
Might be nice for your purposes.

Tony


Matthias.Herrmann at jeppesen.com wrote:
> synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl wrote on 03/03/2009 03:56:55 PM:
>   
>> (Amongst other things) I run a small business manufacturing/selling 
>> psychometric measuring devices.  We tend to get a couple of hundred 
>> small boards made at a time and have always used European manufacturers 
>> until recently when we tried PCB Cart.  We were most impressed by the 
>> quality and customer service, to say nothing of their willingness to be 
>> 'creative' with declaring the order value for customs.  And was 
>> significantly cheaper than any European suppliers ...
>>
>> http://www.pcbcart.com
>>
>> Seb
>>     
>
> i can only confirm what seb said. the communication is very very good, 
> nice and friendly. they are willing to listen to you, that can't be 
> overestimated today, IMHO.
>
> payment is more than easy using paypal. and i made the same experience as 
> seb with the declaration, at least when i ordered just two prototypes 
> recently.
>
> at these prices you won't go without soldermask and silkscreen...
>
> cheers,
> matthias
> ___
> www.modular.fonik.de
>
>   
>> Steve Maietta wrote:
>>     
>>> All,
>>>   I teach HS level technology here in the US and do a unit on 
>>>       
>> electricity/electronics.  I want to get a whole bunch (200 perhaps) 
>> small(around 2"x2") PCB's made and would like to know the cheapest 
>> source.  Single sided, no solder mask, no through plating - whatever
>> it takes to keep the cost down.
>>     
>>> These would be general purpose boards for 555's and include small 
>>>       
>> area for other components.  I might also want to do a similar thing 
>> for an op amp.
>>     
>>> I know I could etch myself a lot of them, but the drilling would 
>>>       
>> be a killer, and I want my students to have sucessful projects, not 
>> learn the intricacies of drilling with .030 drill bits...
>>     
>>> I know you guys have used lots of places for your projects.. Any 
>>>       
>> suggestions/ideas for cheap PCB fab?   Or should I just use perfboard..?
>>     
>>> thanks
>>> ~Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
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