On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 11:14:44AM -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Vitaliy wrote:
> >Yup. But I do not expect this to be a problem, as I've used a paper
> >shear to cut PCBs before.
> 
> So what is your ultimate cost from Advanced Circuits for fabricating how
> many panels that will yield how many of your final boards?  I'm asking
> because I'm curious how that will compare to separate low cost prototype
> services for the 3 boards.

Well one example would be something I did recently. 72 1.5" x 2" boards
with the Bare Bones Proto PCB's. Worked out to a unit price of $2.11 per
board. I worked it out, and every other way to do it would have actually
cost more, because they charge by the area of the board with one setup
fee for the whole run. So if you panelize them yourself you get charged
for the kerf, IE the sawcut space and it makes it a little more
expensive, and a lot more work.

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