PCB pricing

I just got a quote from couple PCB houses the board is 3.3?x1.695?, 4 layers, 7mils spacing, FR4, two tab routs,...., 3-5 pieces, 3-4 days ? nothing unusual, right? $1200+ I sort of expected it to be ~half as much. What am I missing? has something changed in the PCB manufacturing lately?

Seems expensive, I just received (Friday), 4 boards 100mm x 80mm, 4 layer, FR4, 0.15mm (6 mils) gap, 4 days £350 (about $525).

That was PCBTrain

- not much use to you because they are UK based but you should be able to do at least as well in the US.

Michael Kellett

Low qty/fast turnround prices vary hugely between suppliers, and depends a lot on their attitude to this sort of job. Shop around, and for PCBs this size, look for a pooling service.

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I've been pretty happy with the PCBExpress service from Sunstone for low volume/prototype boards with a reasonably quick turn. From your size info above, it looks like four pieces would run US$320 for the lot

*without* the routed tabs -- although an individual board can have an arbitrary continuous outline. You may need to look at their full-feature service.

For longer lead times (and lower costs) I've also used the batch service from Sparkfun

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Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

I use them, and the price drops spectacularly if you can wait 15 days.

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Dirk

http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show

Try these guys

The work place uses them and we turned some assembly houses on to them. Very happy, so far.

Cheers