Just thought those who do their own layouts would like to know that the prototype 5 piece boards are on sale. The 5 x 5 cm, 5 x 10 cm and 10 x 10 cm are all $5 plus shipping. I just spent $30 on some prototypes I've been dragging my heals on...any ways just an FYI.
-Mike-
Wow, thanks for the heads up. I love those guys, they've done my last 3 sets of boards. Good stuff. I've got one I've been holding off on, too. Thanks for the heads up.
I was just going to post this sale. Ordered 3, hopefully can finish some cleanup on a couple more asap.
OK, I'm going to give Elecrow a go. For the boards I wanted to order it was less than half the price that it would have been on oshpark. Seems cheap. Or have I just misunderstood what I'm paying for? :)
Nope. You understood correctly. There are a few things to take into consideration. One you need to know how to create Gerber files. If I can do it anyone can...trust me. Two you need to know that you'll be waiting a month or so before you get the boards. Other than that you should be good. I recommend downloading their gerber cam job creator.
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Thanks Mike.
I think I'm OK with creating gerber files - the ones I uploaded to oshpark looked good, just no way to verify them when uploading to electrow. I guess they will email if they can't use the zip file I sent.
Still haven't had time to sit down and learn Eagle, so still using Fritzing to make the gerber files. Yeah yeah, I know.
Quote from: mjg on May 28, 2017, 11:50:22 PM
Or have I just misunderstood what I'm paying for? :)
There
is a quality difference, but the difference is not necessarily an important one for what we do. Though Osh boards to tend to be more durable for replacing components and de- and resoldering and stuff like that.
Quote from: midwayfair on May 29, 2017, 02:15:43 PM
There is a quality difference, but the difference is not necessarily an important one for what we do. Though Osh boards to tend to be more durable for replacing components and de- and resoldering and stuff like that.
What Jon said. The OSH Park stuff is 2oz copper with the ENIG standard which adds up to a very tough PCB. But, Elecrow makes a plenty good PCB for the price.
when I ordered from Elecrow last year you could select FR4 thickness, 2 or 4 oz copper thickness as well as HASL or ENIG finish. Don't know if the sale is available for only one choice.
Quote from: mjg on May 29, 2017, 06:17:52 AM
Thanks Mike.
I think I'm OK with creating gerber files - the ones I uploaded to oshpark looked good, just no way to verify them when uploading to electrow. I guess they will email if they can't use the zip file I sent.
Still haven't had time to sit down and learn Eagle, so still using Fritzing to make the gerber files. Yeah yeah, I know.
I uploaded my ZIP file of Gerbers and there was a link to go to a board viewer.
I ordered some 10cmX10cm boards and the cheapest shipping option was $11. I went with the DHL shipping option and the price for 10 boards was $26US. The last time I went with the cheap shipping option it seemed like 6 weeks to get my boards.
Cool I'm glad people were able to take advantage of the sale!
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My boards arrived today - took them 1 week to produce, and 2 weeks to ship to Australia on the cheapest shipping option, so I'm happy with that. I ordered 5 boards, they shipped me 7 for the same price. Quality seems to be good.
I've soldered one up tonight, and it works, which is a bonus!
Quote from: mjg on June 21, 2017, 10:36:20 AM
My boards arrived today - took them 1 week to produce, and 2 weeks to ship to Australia on the cheapest shipping option, so I'm happy with that. I ordered 5 boards, they shipped me 7 for the same price. Quality seems to be good.
I've soldered one up tonight, and it works, which is a bonus!
Yeah they typically send 6 or 7 boards of each set.
My boards took 11 calendar days to arrive from placing my order to delivery via DHL, in the SE US. I haven't had a chance to work with them but they look good for a cheap proto board.
Mine showed up a few days ago as well.
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How's the copper content on those? hard to tell how thick/thin copper is from pic?
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