Cheap PCB manufacturer

[Bruce]

Thanks Mike,

As for the SparkFun advise on board layout, I've had a few hundred thousand boards made, and never had a problem with sloppy drill holes, but i do appreciate the link.

If we did ever have boards made with such sloppy drill holes disconnecting a trace from a via, or lousy etching with ground planes connecting to traces, we definitely would not go with that board house again. That's why we normally have a few proto boards made before going for production quantities..

I'm just looking for the absolute best pricing on panelized boards for the StickOS project.

[languer]

You may already know this, but just in case. If you have used Sparkfun in the past (i.e. BatchPCB), then you have used Gold Phoenix. Gold Phoenix is the PCB house for BatchPCB. I have not used them directly, but have used BatchPCB with very good results (other than the time of course). The BatchPCB sub-section on the Sparkfun forum has many users of Gold Phoenix.

[Bruce]

Thanks for the tips.

[Michael Wakileh]

Sorry I did not have more time to specify... at the bottom of that link in the comments section tere was info on orders from goldphoenix... "Because Gold Phoenix can do down to 7mil for a two-sided board it shows that their masks have quite good resolution."..
I think a while back sparkfun even had an official tutorial on ordering from goldphoenix... but I may be mistaken...

regards,
mike

[malc-c]

Bruce,

Lester referred me to the following for production runs. I've not used them so can comment on the quality, but the pricing looks good, and if Lester recommends them then they must be good

http://www.wedirekt.de/index.php/pcb

One other recommendation (your side of the pond I think) is http://www.pcbwing.com/index.php?from=everythingpcb

Again, not tried them, but seem to be very competitive on the price and slightly cheaper in comparison for the same board.

[sayzer]

FYI

1. http://www.baskidevre.com.tr/default.asp?lang=en
2. http://www.odakpcb.com/Angliyski/

These two PCB makers are located in Turkey and they both export worldwide.

[malc-c]

Or Olimex

http://olimex.com/pcb/index.html


Have used them in the past (6 years ago !) and the boards are fine.