Re: [EE] PCB Manufacturers.

At work, I decided not to use PCBWay again after I caught them fabricating
inspection report data. For hobby projects you might not care, but for me
it just means I don't trust them any more.

David

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 19:38, David VanHorn <[email protected]> wrote:

> PCBway here.
>
> Also FWIW Kicad 9.0 is out, and their OBD output is working nicely.
>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM Allen Mulvey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I have been using JLCPCB for the last few years. KiCAD has a plugin for
> > them also. Here in the USA they have the usual FedEx, DHL, and UPS but
> > they also have Global Standard Direct Line which is very cheap (about
> > $1.50) but it takes about a week and a half to get to Rome, NY, USA.
> > This was recently added, in last year or so. With DHL I can order on
> > Monday and have them on Friday.
> >
> > Allen Mulvey
> >
> > On 2/22/2025 4:57 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> > > Hi there, David.
> > >
> > > I'm in Canada - my results may not jive with where you are.
> > >
> > > We currently use:
> > > JLCPCB
> > > KINGCREDIE
> > >
> > > JLCPCB gets by far the majority of our work.  But Linda at KingCredie
> > > is a joy to work with and I still do all of the flex circuit boards we
> > > build with them.  They are somewhat more expensive than JLCPCB but the
> > > help Linda have give to us in the past has to count for something.
> > >
> > > JLCPCB offers several different ship options: DHL, UPS, FedEx. FedEx
> > > is alway the most expensive, so we don't use them.  DHL and UPS seem
> > > to see-saw back and forth as to who has the better ship price.  I just
> > > go with whoever is the least expensive at the time of order.
> > >
> > > Be aware that ordering a SMT stencil results in two packages. This
> > > approximately doubles the cost of shipping as compared to just getting
> > > the bare boards.  But the stencils are always perfect and it is far
> > > simpler to just accept the extra cost of shipping.
> > >
> > > I used to send RFQ's to several dozen different PCB suppliers.  I quit
> > > doing that when I found that I was mostly ordering from JLCPCB.
> > >
> > > It looks like you are in the UK.  Maybe check out PCBWay.
> > >
> > > Also - maybe check out the current version of KiCAD for your layouts
> > > and schematics.  Although I have dabbled with it, I still stay with my
> > > old standbys: EE Designer II and CADint.  But I would be all over
> > > KiCAD if I wasn't so heavily invested in my current tools.
> > >
> > > dwayne
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:56 AM 2/22/2025, David C Brown 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
> > >
> > >
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