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In the case of PCB's in most cases it takes hours to make stuff, and you need to buy components for the boards and pay for shipping, etc.. so I guess I understa
by xt00 8y ago
In the case of PCB's in most cases it takes hours to make stuff, and you need to buy components for the boards and pay for shipping, etc.. so I guess I understand not wanting to pay for something because we all wish it was free, but making PCB's either costs you a bunch of your own time, or money if you buy the components to populate -- which then takes a bunch more time, etc.. so its confusing to me that you are a hobbyist that may be interested in making PCB's, but spending say $100 is is too much money? I mean even buying a laser cutter / etcher is not cheap nor is a reasonably good 3d printer.. I guess I'm just saying it seems like a lot of people never take the plunge making PCB's mostly because they are worried they will make a mistake and "waste" the money, but that's a different point than it being "too expensive".. anyway, I'd say just give it a shot on one of the services that cost $50...
- StavrosK 8y agoI'm not talking about assembly services, I'm only talking about PCB fabrication. When ten boards cost $10, paying $100 for one is too expensive, yes. I can just pay the extra $20 and get the faster shipping option.
- xt00 8y agohttps://www.pcbzone.net/User/QuoteArea.aspx?type=cal https://www.pcbzone.net/User/QuoteArea.aspx?type=cal check that out.. you can get say 5 PCB's that are 25mm x 25mm 4 layers for ~50 euros. yea maybe one day it'll be free shipping at $10 for one board. But until then its more like minimum of $50 plus shipping for a small number of boards.
- bacon_waffle 8y agoI tend to use dirtypcbs, which I don't think is the cheapest around anymore - maybe try https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion_pcb.html https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion_pcb.html too. A batch of 12 (2-layer, 1oz, 6,6mil, roughly 5x10cm) boards I got made a couple weeks ago, which were a rush order DHL shipped to New Zealand, totalled roughly $60USD. Without rush processing and quick shipping, I think the same thing would've been a little over $20.
- StavrosK 8y agoSeeed looks good, they offer a $1 for 3 deal, which with DHL 1-3 day shipping comes out to $34. Pretty decent, thanks.
- m1573rp34130dy 8y ago...this is why i horde ded electronics, i call it the morgue so go robeth the morgue for your franken-proto...