PCB: www.olimex.com

I allllmost did but their Eagle related strangeness finally scared me off. If he hadn't been a little slow to respond to one of my attempts to meet his silkscreen requirements we might have gotten it worked out, but I gave up an did a complete relayout to make a board I could reasonably etch at home.

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Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

I highly recommend them for prototypes, very good quality, fast service.

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Steve Sousa

They are a good source for inexpensive prototypes. However I found that their pads delaminate pretty easily if you do hacks or repairs. I am a pretty good tech and own a temperature controlled soldering iron, but found that I usually could not pull a part from a board without pulling the "plate through" out with the part. Maybe I'm not as good as I think I am after 20 years in the business, but this doesn't happen with boards I've had made at other PCB manufacturers.

YMMV, DLC

: Hi guys, : anybody used

to order PCB? : Looks inexpensive at least for prototypes. : Thanks. : -- : Dmitriy Fitisov : ---------------------- :

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Hmm, that's an interesting observation. Do you think they might use the solder/copper-sleeve hole inserts instead of actually doing a electroplate?

He's good...but this guy's better

Better insofar as he's more flexible and takes Protel files so you don't have to futz around with stacks of gerbers. Both of them are better than the US proto boardhouses which look wonderful until you add on all the gottchas and gold plated shipping. M

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I have used his service 3 times now, and the quality is good. Very low prices also. The order protocol is a bit of hassle, you have to confirm the order by fax. Try to limit the hole sizes to his standard tool rack, each non-standard size is + $5.

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At least from the European point of view the price is very low and quality quite reasonable for proto work. So, I can recommend their service.

However, do not expect top quality. The boards are fine, and they work, but small details are a bit rounded, and the pads may delaminate (I've noticed this, too) when removing components. There may also be manually removed copper bridges. So, I would not use their boards in production, only for prototyping.

I have always sent the files in Gerber/Excellon formats (as with any PCB fab), and they seem to handle those fine.

- Ville

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Ville Voipio, Dr.Tech., M.Sc. (EE)

I agree - I've used them for prototypes but not for production. Holes aren't drilled all that accurately (probably why they have a large annular ring requirement) and I find that the pads come off easily as well. I did have a lot of trouble once getting them to accept my files, and eventually (after a lot of messing about and sending them several versions) established that their Gerber checking software (Gerbtool from Wise) had a bug (not really their fault). Wise admitted they had a bug and subsequently issued a new version.

An interesting point. I had put the silk screen across a couple of SM pads when designing my footprints, and their boards had it removed by their software, so I didn't bother about it. I subsequently had some production boards made by another company from the same files and they came back with the silkscreen on the pads.

Leon

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Leon Heller, G1HSM
Email: aqzf13@dsl.pipex.com
My low-cost Philips LPC210x ARM development system:
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/lpc2104.html

----> Buy from the good old USA and you won't be sorry

Nice and appropriate (top-posted) answer to a post on an international newsgroup that apparently originated from Canada.

Well done!

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Regards,
Andras Tantos

"Andras Tantos" wrote in news:bv40i7$nget8$1@ID-

201774.news.uni-berlin.de:

Yeah, it can be kind of embarassing for the rest of us US citizens at times, kind of like the stereotypical american tourist in Paris.

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Richard

Yes, France would be a great place if the french would leave.

Thanks, everyone. BTW, I found Canadian producer

Will think about them, olimex.com, custompcb.com, eprotos.com and pcbexpress.com

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You might also consider myro.com. They have an office in Canada and do the work in China. I will be trying them myself on my current, tiny power converter. All the US companies I have contacted want $12 each no matter how small. My board is only 0.6" x 0.5" and these guys won't let me do panelization either. Very silly...

Seconded, I can recommend them.

Excellent value all around (especially compared to UK/Europe).

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John Devereux

What is the URL? httP;//myro.com doesn't get a PCB supplier.

Leon

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Leon Heller, G1HSM
Email: aqzf13@dsl.pipex.com
My low-cost Philips LPC210x ARM development system:
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/lpc2104.html

Sorry, it is

...like US...

Yvan

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Well, I hope their services are better than their website. Sucks. My 10 year old nephew does it better. And in Mozilla you don't get to see the menu. Though I'm not sure that this is a bad thing :-)