xarolium Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 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
ilmenator Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 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
m00dawg Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 +1000 for DorkBot (Laen). He's nice, economical, and fast! Better value than BatchPCB in my opinion.
fussylizard Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 I've used BatchPCB and they were great. I've not tried anyone else.
TK. Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 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. Best Regards, Thorsten.
m00dawg Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 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.
ilmenator Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 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.
m00dawg Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 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.
xarolium Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Posted January 29, 2012 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
ilmenator Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 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.
xarolium Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Posted January 29, 2012 Look again, it's here. Just scroll to the paragraph that is titled "The Costs", you'll find all the info there. thank you
TK. Posted January 30, 2012 Report Posted January 30, 2012 Let's check the quality & service: 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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