another vote for dorkbotPDX :) have been very happy with them. the board quality is excellent and laen (james) is excellent to work with. i have gone down to 4mm x 4mm x .9mm qfn, 3mm x 3mm .9mm lga and 0402 components sizes w/out issue from dorkbotPDX.
if you still want to merge gerber files, i have used gerbmagic for putting different solder stencils on the same 'sheet', have never done whole boards since i use dorkbotPDX :).
good luck,
bob
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Kerry Wentworth <kwentworth@...> wrote:
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> Rather than merging boards, consider this:
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> http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order
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> You get 3 copies of a board for $5 per square inch, no setup fees, no
> shipping fees.
> So, if each student has a 2" X 2" board, and there are 10 students, it
> would total $200, and each student would have 3 copies of their board in
> about 2 weeks. Combining it into 1 file would be the same price.
>
> Compare to APC, for example:
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> Combining into 1 panel 8" X 6", 2 boards would be $253 + $28 shipping,
> and have 2 copies of the boards in 2-3 days, which have to be cut.
>
> Just a thought.
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> Kerry
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> leeleduc wrote:
> > I would like to merge multiple PCB's into a single gerber file so I can get more than one PCB layout onto a board. Does any one know of a program other Gerbmerge that can do this? I'm trying to save my students some money getting their boards made. We've been using the toner transfer method but I'd like them to have the experience of sending a design out for fab. If I can do this then I can afford to pick up the tab for my students.
> >
> > Thank you.
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