Where to get PCB's made

[bstedh]

Does anybody know of a good place to get two sided PCB's with vias made at a decent price. I only want a couple but the places I have seen so far are extremely expensive.

Also is there anywhere out there that can make reasonable price boards including the components?

 

[Fenix-T]

Does anybody know of a good place to get two sided PCB's with vias made at a decent price. I only want a couple but the places I have seen so far are extremely expensive.

Also is there anywhere out there that can make reasonable price boards including the components?

Oh, man that'd be the ticket. Things would be so much cleaner inside, lol.

 

[Jair]

Check out batchpcb.
I've seen a few similar websites mentioned recently too.

 

[RatInDaHat]

i've always used advanced circuits. website is 4pcb.com

i'm not really sure what cheap, or expensive means in the pcb world as all of the ones i have done were for work.

 

[Randyrtx]

I was also going to suggest BatchPCB: Products

 

[Java_Az]

I just make my own boards since you have to pay out the @$$ if you just want a few made. Any kinda small order and your looking at 50$ per a board is the cheapest i have seen. If your just wanting a couple i might can help you out next time i do some etching.

 

[RatInDaHat]

batchpcb looks pretty cool for small run stuff where time isn't critical. I'll bookmark that.

 

[bstedh]

I just make my own boards since you have to pay out the @$$ if you just want a few made. Any kinda small order and your looking at 50$ per a board is the cheapest i have seen. If your just wanting a couple i might can help you out next time i do some etching.

I am working on a PWM circuit for a Vendor as a prototype. It would be 2 sided about 1/2" X 3/4" with several vias. If you think you could pump one of those out I could sure use the help. I am sure we could work out some kind of compensation also.

I have the design done in pad2pad so I would probably have to make it up in another program unless you have the mad skills... =] I have never done anything this small before.

I still have to add a couple of things to this however. Missing a couple of led's and a zener to cut it off below a certain point. Just a simple PWM. Plus I have to do some size fitting for the POT to make sure the size works out prior to etching anything.

Dremel etching this size just doesn't work

 

[Java_Az]

What export options does pad2pad have? never used it before. I might have to redo it in Geda to be able to make it. Cant really see whats going on with the bottom layer would need a clearer picture of that if i have to redo this in Geda. Since it is so small i would have to do 2 or maybe 4 at the same time. Should be a problem as the board i make has a scrap piece that should work fine. See if you can print your pad2pad file to a PDF file if you can maybe i can do what i need to off it.

 

[bstedh]

It says mechanical data to dxf. Not sure if that includes everything. But it shouldn't be to hard to re-create in another program now that I have a base line to use. The hard part was just laying out the traces in a way that would work which pad2pad seems to do fairly well.

 

[jrm850]

expresspcb is great for small boards like this. Three 2.5"x3.5" boards for $51. You could put 18 of your boards on those three plates. The free software is a decent bonus.

 

[bstedh]

Guess I will have to see if my Linux drive is still working. I haven't used it in quite some time.

 

[bstedh]

expresspcb is great for small boards like this. Three 2.5"x3.5" boards for $51. You could put 18 of your boards on those three plates. The free software is a decent bonus.

That's the problem. If you are doing higher quantities it isn't too bad. But, when you only want a couple of prototype boards it is quite expensive for a hobbyist.

 

[Java_Az]

Yeah i roll in Linux these days. Free gerbers is a plus also. But if you have used it before it shouldn't be too tough. Might want to try out the Newest Linux Mint it is awesome. Let me know if you need any help in Geda or if you need any footprints i kinda doubt it , maybe that 3 pin connector on the right not sure what that is.

 

[bstedh]

Yeah i roll in Linux these days. Free gerbers is a plus also. But if you have used it before it shouldn't be too tough. Might want to try out the Newest Linux Mint it is awesome. Let me know if you need any help in Geda or if you need any footprints i kinda doubt it , maybe that 3 pin connector on the right not sure what that is.

Thats for the thumb wheel POT.

 

[Java_Az]

Thats for the thumb wheel POT.

Makes sense, I kinda doubt there is a footprint for it already. If you have a data sheet of the part i can make one tonight i have to make some other footprints for my project so i could just add it to the list.

Edit : Here is a site with footprint search engine
http://www.gedasymbols.org/

 

[mj64]

It occurs to me you might be able to find someone to do a few on one of these piecework sites, can't think of the names right now, but there are those freelancer sites that have folks that do many, many things for cheap $.

 

[bstedh]

Here this may make more sense.

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[bstedh]

Makes sense, I kinda doubt there is a footprint for it already. If you have a data sheet of the part i can make one tonight i have to make some other footprints for my project so i could just add it to the list.

Edit : Here is a site with footprint search engine
gedasymbols.org

Here is my parts list so far from digi key. I wouldn't go to far with any of it as of yet. I havn't finalized the design yet as some components may get changed up.

1 10 RNCP0603FTD150RCT-ND RES 150 OHM 1% 0603 SMD
2 10 RHM220DCT-ND RES 220 OHM 1/5W 5% 0603 SMD
3 10 296-6502-1-ND IC OSC MONO TIMING 500KHZ 8-SOP
4 10 3352W-501LF-ND POT 500 OHM THUMBWHEEL CERM ST
5 10 641-1011-1-ND DIODE SCHOTTKY 30V 100MA 1005
6 10 490-1755-1-ND CAP CER 11000PF 50V 5% C0G 1206
7 10
NCNR DMN2020LSN-7DIDKR-ND MOSFET N-CH 20V 6.9A SC59
8 10 P12301SCT-ND SWITCH LT 4.7MMX3.5MM 350GF SMD
9 10 BZX84C6V2WDICT-ND DIODE ZENER 6.2V 200MW SC70-3

 

[Java_Az]

Yeah i can duplicate that in Geda if you dont want to mess with it. PCB programs have a big learning curve, at least for me they do. What goes on the bottom in the middle there is a couple pads not going to anything?