Cheap PCB manufacturer

[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.

[ohararp]

Bruce, I have used gold phoenix almost exclusively for the past 2 years. I have had both production and prototype runs made with them. Overall good pricing, quick turn, and good service.

You can't beat their 100 and 150 sq in prototype prices. I usually put about six designs together at a time and use this option. Pricing with 5 day turn and fedex shipping is about $100-$150.

Payment is through paypal and most transactions are completed through e-mail. If you can get over that they are great to work with.