>I asked someone at Advanced Circuits about that once, and they replied
>honestly that they don't really make much money on their prototype service,
>and don't offer the service to give away cheap PC boards.  Their purpose is
>to attract customers who then hopefully move on to production orders with
>them.

I have a prototype product, that due to mechanical reasons...has several
boards that stack on top of each other.  I need 3 separate boards to have a
finished prototype.

It is ironic that their thinking, is the exact thing that drives me away
from using their service...because otherwise...I would have to order 5 of
each of the three boards, and throw a bunch away just to get one debugged
system.  If I have to run all 3 boards separate, the price is no longer
attractive at all....it is actually MORE expensive than high-priced
competitors who will allow me to put all 3 on one panel.

I hadn't seen this company before...until it was posted here on PIClist.
Due to their limitations I would probably never use them.

- Ted

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