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JLCPCB have changed the game. Five 2-layer PCBs of up to 100x100mm cost just $3.50 including global shipping. Things get more expensive if you stray from their
by jdietrich 2y ago
JLCPCB have changed the game. Five 2-layer PCBs of up to 100x100mm cost just $3.50 including global shipping. Things get more expensive if you stray from their standard specs, but you're still looking at just a few dollars per board.
https://jlcpcb.com/ https://jlcpcb.com/
The biggest electrolytic caps in this circuit cost $3.29 each in qty 1, but they're fancy "audio-grade" Nichicon caps; a standard-grade capacitor of that size would cost you $1.68 if you want a Japanese brand, or as little as $0.36 if you can settle for a Chinese brand.
- f1shy 2y agoAnd you can even order all or the SMD components soldered for less money that you can buy solder and other consumables for soldering never mind the time.
- leoedin 2y agoI recently got 20 reasonably complex 4 layer gold plated pcbs assembled for about $10 a piece by JLCPCB. Maybe 20 items on the BOM, 50 parts total. It’s insanely cheap. 5 years ago when I was last regularly getting PCBs built it would cost 10x that. And it would be a really manual process - loads of emails back and forth. PCBway have managed to automate basically the whole process.