[Coco] PCB Assembly House Recommendation?

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I think he was asking about assembly services, which most PCB makers seem
to be offering now as well.  I’ve been building everything myself so far, though
this option is getting more and more appealing.

Even as far as PCBs though, OSH park is very expensive except for the smallest
boards.  For PCBs of several square inches, you are much better off with a Chinese
fabricator like PCBway.  5-10 boards, choice of solder mask, faster and probably
cheaper than OSH Park’s 3, even with DHL shipping.

- Ed


> On Feb 13, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> 
> On Monday 13 February 2017 12:49:36 Mathew Boytim via Coco wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone have any experience and recommendation for a PCB assembly
>> house to build about 500 pieces?  Seems someone on this list is always
>> building something.  This is for a non-TRS-80 related project.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Matt
> 
> OSH Park. 3 pieces of a small board $5.95, your artwork files, from eagle 
> or kicad or almost any sw that can do a compatible format, and they 
> understand most of the popular board sw data formats. Use them to 
> develop, and when finalized they can do higher quantities at a lower per 
> piece price. Turn around times are in the week to 10 days range.  Less 
> for reruns of a board they've already got on file.
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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