Re: [EE] PCB Manufacturers.

David C Brown <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.pic
Message-ID <CAFo_nNoJMepibBCfJv62O5wy2nQmeZerDRDn-+2hgMq9mN9gtw@mail.gmail.com>
Certainly a substantial difference between the $2 at JCL and the $250 at
the local fab I used to use professionally.
Enough to cover the carriage
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David C Brown
43 Bings Road
Whaley Bridge
High Peak                           Phone: 01663 733236
Derbyshire                eMail: [email protected]
SK23 7ND          web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb
<http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~dcb>



*Sent from my etch-a-sketch*


On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 18:46, Dave Lagzdin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Gerbv has always worked for me. Unless you are getting fancy I think all
> the board etchers (JCL etc) are cheap, just watch the shipping
>
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 12:58, David C Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I know that this has been done to death but there might be new
> ibformation.
> >
> > Since retiring I have been building circuits on stripboard which is never
> > very satisfactory.
> >
> > So I have resurrected the copy of PROTEL which fell into my cardboard box
> > when I required and designed proper circuit boards.  It is convenient
> that
> > the schematic editor, Tinycad, can output Protel nelists.
> >
> > Now I need a cheap manufacturer.  In the first instance I will put price
> > above quality since, in my experience,  first attempts usually contain
> some
> > flaw that necessitates a redesign..
> >
> > Also can anyone recommend a free Gerber viewer now that GCPreview is no
> > longer free?
> > __________________________________________
> > David C Brown
> > 43 Bings Road
> > Whaley Bridge
> > High Peak                           Phone: 01663 733236
> > Derbyshire                eMail: [email protected]
> > SK23 7ND          web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb
> > <http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~dcb>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Sent from my etch-a-sketch*
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