1) Because its cheaper and faster
2) Because I want too.
3) Because I can get almost results and prototypes
4) Why not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr49aE2aV4Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmY1n9JTtA8de kk30q
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From: AlienRelics <
alienrelics@...>
To:
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.comSent: Sun, February 13, 2011 10:16:58 AM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Why Homebrew?
The best way to win people over is probably not to imply that they are stupid.
Steve Greenfield AE7HD
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, windswaytoo@... wrote:
>
> I have been a member of this group for some time and normally read all the
>posts. I design and build electronics, mostly with embedded controllers. I went
>thru the stage of making my own PCBs way back
> in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I ran a successful business selling
>electronic devices then and throughout the 1990s. I switched to commercially
>made boards around 1993 as it was cost and time effective to do so. I retired
>around 1998. For the few projects I did for my own interests I used ExpressPCB
>to do the boards. I am now getting back into business and have taken up EagleCad
>to do the schematics/board layout stuff. I have begun to use the services of one
>of the batch businesses, DorkbotPDX, to do my board prototypes. My
> boards are for the Arduino Mega and are 8.4 square inches in area. Dorkbot will
>make three of these for $42, for $5/sq in, which works out to $14 per board!
>They offer free shipping in the US and the turn-around is 9-10 days. The boards
>are two sided, PTH and silkscreening. BTW $10/sq in for 4 layer boards. Check it
>out
> here:
>
> http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order
>
> I have no interest in DorkbotPDX but am a happy user of their services
>
> So, my question is why would I want to make my own boards with all the
>attendant fuss and mess and then etch and drill them or CNC them? Do you get a
>better board? A faster turnaround? There is no product to order or store. Is it
>cheaper to roll your own? I guess I just don't get it. Is it a hobby thing?
>
> I expect this post will cause some consternation and there will be quite a few
>replies. Then again, I may be quietly ignored.
>
>
> Vic
>
> Vic Fraenckel
> KC2GUI
> windswaytoo ATSIGN gmail DOT com
>
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