Well, first off, I would *hope* that you went to surface mount, cuz if you
didnt, your fooling yourself, and I would go so far at to say that if you
didnt, you should redo the board using surface mount.
I work for a prototyping agency, and the price decrease for surface mount is
amazing..
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Petty <PHXSYS@AOL.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 3:55 PM
Subject: Good board Mfr & price guesstimate


>Hi
>
>I was hoping for a little advice. I am trying to get an idea about board
cost
>to determine if I want to do a two layer board or a three layer with the
>middle layer a ground plane.
>
>I am looking for ball park pricing to help determine if I want to take all
the
>extra time and effort to cleanup a two layer board for 12bit a/d.
>
>The board is approx 2'' x 3.5". The first price guestimate I received for
1000
>board seemed astronomical. It was $5 per board 2 layer (1000 qty) and $10
for
>3 or 4 layer same qty.
>
>Does that seem right?
>
>Can anyone recommend a good board Mfr?