Cheap PCB manufacturer

[Bruce]

Has anyone here had boards made by http://www.goldphoenixpcb.biz/index.php ?

I'm looking for the best prices on small boards that are panelized & scored to break apart. They seem to offer decent pricing, but I've never dealt with them, and would like to know if they provide good quality boards.

These will be double-sided, but only silk-screned on one side, and I need them scored to seperate individual boards from a larger panel.

[Michael Wakileh]

Hi Bruce,
I havent yet ordered from Goldphoenix but some of my friends at http://www.happylab.at/ have... They seemed to be content and from what I saw the boards looked decent... Dont forget to check http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tut...torials_id=115...

greets,
mike

[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

[GoldenCircuits]

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[andrewdsouza]

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[hellbert]

Seems like most PCBs are manufactured in China these days.

[BGAstoreUSA]

Seems like most PCBs are manufactured in China these days.

As far as I know, there are ton of manufacturers in the west coast of the USA. China's quality is not same as USA manufacturer. I learned this when they always ask for solder balls or any bga accessories.

[boroko]

In the past couple of months, I have been using OSH park.com.
As I understand it, they have become the supplier for Sparkfun. Its the closest thing to the cost and convenience of ExpressPCB for prototyping boards that I have found. They are full spec boards with soldermask and silkscreen. Order one, and get three copies. something like $5 per square inch with all included.

I also understand that they are a order packager, ie: they collect many orders and combine them for a full sheet. I have never had one wait longer than 2 days before the order went in, and since they are manufactured in the US, they come to me fairly quickly. I think they average 10-12 days to my door.

I use Eagle for generating the files, and it works for me quite well.

Just my 2 cents.
Bo

[Demon]

I went through the thread and didn't notice a supplier that makes pricing as easy and low as this one (I used 2 units 6"x6" as sample).

http://www.pcbwing.com

Most likely where I will order my boards.

Robert

[Archangel]

Hi Robert, Don't forget to ask for your $5 discount for posting their link BTW I will likely use them as well, THNX for the link.

[Bartchou]

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