[sdiy] PCB manufacturers for SMD

[Tom Arnold]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 05:58:43AM +0930, Matthew Smith wrote:
> Quoth Olivier Gillet at 08/09/12 02:40...
> >I have never had the occasion to get a board done there but from what
> >I've heard it's a very good service for one-off's:
> >http://oshpark.com/
> 
> Very good quality, fully RoHS-compliant, reasonable price for 
> low-volumes, three copies of the board for the price, gold-plated and 
> purple. I've been using them for over a year now, very happy.

And its worth mentioning their board house is actually located in CONUS.
Its not a batch order going to China. ( batchpcb ).

I have no idea how they are hitting a price point I've had several board
shops tell me could not be done in the US.  Even their "medium run" service
works out to $1/inch which for low quantities is pretty amazing.

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