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Advanced Circuits always charges a $150 setup/tooling fee
for any production run, regardless of how small.


> Wouldn't that fit a "small production run" quantity or do they just not
> do that quantity any more?
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> Ken Holt wrote:
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>>If anyone can recommend any more low-cost PCboard house in the US, I
>>would be grateful.
>>My old standby, Advanced Circuits, has now dropped their slow-turn proto
>>service,
>>which was the best buy for 50-100 double sided .  I'm not looking
>>forward to
>>trying out unknown new houses.
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>>Ken Holt
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>>Dennis wrote:
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>>>Look in the back pages of Electronic Design. There are usually about 6
>>> PCB
>>>houses advertising in there. I use PCB123 for layout. They also have a
>>> board
>>>shop. Protos tend to always be pricey but they do excellent work with
>>> fast
>>>turn.
>>>I'm finishing a proto project. The boards are about 2" x 3.5", 4 layer.
>>> Four
>>>protos cost a tad under $75 each. No shorts or missing traces. Plated
>>> thru
>>>holes.
>>>D
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>>>From: "Kathy Quinlan" <kat-yahoo@kaqelectronics.dyndns.org>
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>>>Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:00 AM
>>>Subject: [AVR-Chat] ARRGGGHHHHH PCB's
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>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>This is to the AU members.
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>>>>where can I get QUALITY PCB's done that do not cost the earth, I have
>>>>been using Precision Australia, but this latest batch has had about 10
>>>>PCB's with shorts (most were on 1 pin that was easy to get to, but one
>>>>has a couple of shorts on the +5V rail :(
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>>>>I used to use Jemal, but they do not like doing 10 thou track and gap
>>>> :(
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>>>>I need someone reliable and able to do fine etches as I do not like the
>>>>price for 4 layer (well I do not care, but customers do ;), so I tend
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>>>>squeeze it all on 2 layer (things like M128's, 2x Max232's,74vhc08 and
>>>>SD card all on a PCB 3" x 2").
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>>>>Regards,
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>>>>Kat.
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