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Prototyping Board who is the best producer? Rate Topic:

#1 xarolium

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 14:20

Dear Midiboxer,

I would like to build some new module for my modular synth and i need professional PCB.
I saw on the web that there is a lot of different company (PCBcart, Eurocircuit, expressPCB, RayPCB...) who make PCB but i don't know which one is the "best" in price, quality, delay...

Thank you to share your experience with this different company or other.

Xarolium

#2 ilmenator

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 18:12

I can wholeheartedly recommend Laen's excellent PCB service. You need to order in multiples of 3, but even really small boards are no problem. Quality is stellar, and pricing is more than good. And the boards are purple :purple:

Best, ilmenator

#3 m00dawg

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 17:00

+1000 for DorkBot (Laen). He's nice, economical, and fast! Better value than BatchPCB in my opinion.

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#4 fussylizard

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 22:22

I've used BatchPCB and they were great. I've not tried anyone else.

I'm makin' moar PCBs...

#5 TK.

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 23:21

Hm.... with such a great service it could make sense to provide optional .brd files for MBHP module variants, such as DINX1, DOUTX1 and a mixed DIN/DOUT board.
If somebody needs such a downstripped PCB, he could just order it here.

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#6 m00dawg

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 23:52

I <3 DorkBot. The only very minor gripe I have is solder pads aren't tin plated - just bare copper. But one just solders on-top of it anyway and, in fact, I find copper easier to solder on than tin plating myself.

They are faster than BatchPCB, and for the same price, you get 3 boards, not 1. Plus, as TK mentioned, he accepts Eagle .BRD files directly.

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#7 ilmenator

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 00:42

m00dawg, on 28 January 2012 - 23:52, said:

I <3 DorkBot. The only very minor gripe I have is solder pads aren't tin plated - just bare copper.

I don't believe this has been the case - you probably got lucky and received gold plated pads because someone payed the extra on your panel. So far, all my orders had this feature, but Laen won't give any guarantee that this is the case everytime.

#8 m00dawg

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 01:03

Ah. Looked like copper to me but I didn't really give it a close look. If it's gold plated, that's cool

But either way, as long as the solder sticks to the pads I'm happy, and it seems to. I've had some boards with SMD pads as well through Dorkbot and was happy with the results.

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#9 xarolium

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 14:56

I was looking on the web site Dorkbot but i didn't find any information about Shipping.
Someone can tell me how much is shipping to France.

thank you

xarolium

#10 ilmenator

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 17:03

xarolium, on 29 January 2012 - 14:56, said:

I was looking on the web site Dorkbot but i didn't find any information about Shipping.

Look again, it's here. Just scroll to the paragraph that is titled "The Costs", you'll find all the info there.

#11 xarolium

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Posted 29 January 2012 - 17:53

ilmenator, on 29 January 2012 - 17:03, said:

Look again, it's here. Just scroll to the paragraph that is titled "The Costs", you'll find all the info there.

thank you

#12 TK.

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Posted 30 January 2012 - 20:54

Let's check the quality & service:

Quote

Laen <pcb-order@laen.org>
Re: PCB order mbhp_ainser64_v1

Hi Thorsten, welcome to the order!

Your boards are in and on the January 30th panel. Your total is now $66.95USD.

(for 3 boards = 17 EUR per board)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

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