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You can get boards fabbed at places like OSH Park or JLCPCB for cheap, complete with plated through holes and solder mask. I don’t know a good reason to try to
by AdamH12113 3y ago
You can get boards fabbed at places like OSH Park or JLCPCB for cheap, complete with plated through holes and solder mask. I don’t know a good reason to try to make your own boards these days.
- _fizz_buzz_ 3y agoYeah, PCBs - even small quantities- have become to cheap to deal with making them oneself. We used to have a CNC at work for PCB prototyping, but it was also a bit of work to get everything set up. It didn’t work like a printer. Now we just order PCBs. We usually use Aisler or JLCPCB.
- buescher 3y agoThe CNC machines are still useful for testing RF designs. You can iterate a PCB antenna design more quickly with one than you can by sending out. And they're a low-commitment (i.e. no purchase order) way to make small jigs and adapters.