PCB123 tutorial ne1?
 

On 2/19/2013 6:56 AM, Bob Vaughan wrote:
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Tim wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:58:22 -0800, raypsi wrote:

A costumer would be not so bright to spend hundreds of USD
on a bunch of PCB's that don't come out right. PCB123's minimum cost is
$109 for 2pcs of 9 square inch board. You must be from a third world
backwater country if you think that is a high price.

That's a much higher price than BatchPCB, which charges $2.50/sqin + $10/
order.

$109/board is too much for my hobby budget, although I routinely pay that
much for professional stuff.


Yep.. $109 seems a bit steep, unless you need them really fast.


Oshpark charges $5/sqin for 3pcs, for sharp looking boards.
FR4 .063" 2-layers 1oz copper. purple boards, gold flashed.
About a 12-14 day turnaround. I think they are made in the US.
They also do 4 layer boards for $10/sqin.

Thre are several Chinese shops that will do 10pcs of 5x5cm boards
for ~$10, larger sizes for a bit more. About a month turnaround.
Seeed Studio, and a couple of others.


Lets see.. for a 9sqin board..

PCB123
$109/2 = $54.50 per board

BatchPCB
9sqin x $2.50 = $22.50 per board
+$10 order = $32.50 for first board
$55 for 2 boards.

Oshpark
9sqin x $5 = $45.
$45/3 = $15 per board

So PCB123 is ~2x the price of BatchPCB, and3x the price of Oshpark.

What was the turn around time at PCB123? Not everyone can wait a month
or more for prototype boards.

I had a muffed delivery from Sunstone once that almost sank a project.
Turn around is important for many projects.

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Rick