[chbot] Anyone making PCBs?

[Michael Pearce]

If speed is not an issue (7 to 10 day turn around) then look at
http://goldphoenixpcb.biz/
Even with shipping to NZ and at current exchange rates their prices
are pretty good.

Double sided Plated
solder masks both sides
component reference top only
US$110 for up to 1000sq cm (155sq inch) maximum panel size 14.5"X10"
(145sq in which contradicts the size).
Mixed panels incur and additional US$30
Additional US$10 for shipping.

So for US$150 (NZ$174) you can get a lot of boards in a mixed panel.

They usually make 2 panels just in case one fails, if it doesn't fail,
you get all the boards
(I have received two panels worth on my last couple of orders)

Quality is pretty good, most likely better than Huntsbury (If
Hunstbury is same as they were 4 years ago quality wise then
GoldPhoenix is a major step up)

You have to provide a single gerber file set of the panel so if you
are combining several designs, someone will need to combine the
different layouts into one.

Mike


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Volker Kuhlmann
<list0570 at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Tue 07 Jun 2011 03:01:43 NZST +1200, Marshland Engineering wrote:
>
>> Another option is to get a few people together to combine their boards
>> into one and get Huntsbury to make them. Their Single or double sided
>> A4s is not expensive when split with 3 or more people.
>
> I asked, and a friendly person there told me about A4 is around $375
> double sided PTH incl "2 masks and 1 legend", which I take as 2x solder
> stop mask + 1 silk screen print. Gerber files preferred (then they don't
> have to keep up with software releases of umpteen packages). They even
> offered to fill up the panel from multiple files - handy depending on
> what software we have or have not available to do that with.
>
> I'd be interested tp combine (but haven't got anything finished yet).
>
> Volker
>
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