Hello
I am currently having some fun creating small PCB for pedals I make. However, when I try to find a supplier to manufacture it, it is always super expensive like 15 euros / PCB or more (they are really small PCB made for 1590A enclosures...). For now my best hit was the fritzing fabric (fritzing is a free software to make PCB, really intuitive ! And when you're finished, you can directly send your design to a fabric they have to make it. However, it is quite expensive if you do not make more than 10 PCB)
Do you know a place that could manufacture double layers PCB with or without silkscreen for not a lot of money?
Thank you !
Benoit
iTead and Seeed are very common. For boards bigger than 51mm, I would use PCBWing.
OshPark should be under $6 each for PCBs that fit in a 1590A.
Quote from: midwayfair on January 27, 2015, 05:22:33 PM
iTead and Seeed are very common. For boards bigger than 51mm, I would use PCBWing.
OshPark should be under $6 each for PCBs that fit in a 1590A.
for me OSH park for small pcbs its like king, since they are like so impossible to break, i have never lifted any trace, and have many pcbs to debug and most of the time unsolder all the pcb and soldr many times... really strong traces... im not so sure why they are so hard to lift but they are
OshPark is top of the line, they only offer one type of board, but it is a very high end board.
10 boards at Iteed can be about the same price as 3 boards at oshpark.
For prototype pcb's and small runs... OSH park is the dogs bollocks.
Thank you !
I will check for OshPark then.
I also have a simple question : I just made this klon buffer PCB (LB enclosure, here I come)
(http://tacticmagic.voila.net/klon-buffer.png)
Is there a way to tweak it around to make that ugly upper conductor track stay on the circuit in a more "elegant way" :-\
Or should I go for a double side PCB ?
It looks okay. Personally, I like to use a grid and make my trace runs at 90 degrees and parallel to the board edges.
Also if it's a single sided PCB, you can test it by etching it yourself. :)
QuoteAlso if it's a single sided PCB, you can test it by etching it yourself. :)
That is exactly what I wanted to do !
i'll try to set the grid correctly, for now I am a bit experimenting with fritzing (I tried eagle, but I got lost really quickly, fritzing is totally WYWIWYG, it is really easier for beginners like me)
Quote from: Coda-effects on February 04, 2015, 05:36:24 PM
QuoteAlso if it's a single sided PCB, you can test it by etching it yourself. :)
That is exactly what I wanted to do !
i'll try to set the grid correctly, for now I am a bit experimenting with fritzing (I tried eagle, but I got lost really quickly, fritzing is totally WYWIWYG, it is really easier for beginners like me)
Cool deal!
If you haven't tried DipTrace yet, I highly recommend it. It's easy to learn and can churn out some great PCBs. I have posted some libraries and 3D models for it on the forum if you want to give it a spin.