>
> >I just finished bringing up some boards I had done by apcircutis and I was
> >VERY dissatified with the results.  Over 60% of my vias were not thru
> >connected and about 20-30% of my pads as well.  My jumper per inch ratio for
> >this board is very high and it was very, very frustating.
> >
> >In defense of ap however I don't know if it was something that I did wrong
> >with my board specifications that caused it or if it was just apcircuits
> >quality.  Has any one else experienced this?
>
> My results have been 180 degrees opposite this.  I have only used them
> twice, but every time they were perfectly done.

        I'll chime in an say my results were exactly the same-- perfect.
This was with a LOT of very small holes (20 mil).

>
> I used SuperPCB from Mental Automation (http://www.mentala.com) and got
> exactly what my screen showed, no more, no less.
>

I use Eagle PCB and although I sent them some data that was flawed the
first time, they picked up on it and called me back without just blindly
making the board-- Nice.

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I would definitely reccomend them to anyone trying to make small
quantities of double-sided boards.  I've heard there's another company
with a similar name in Canada (can't remember which) that is a little
cheaper, but in comparison to larger quickturn houses, A.P. Circuits is
considerably less expensive.


Larry Battraw
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