Is it just me, or is that price very high? I've been considering ordering from http://www.custompcb.com/ They charge $78 for 2 8x11 panels (double sided), with no setup fee. That works out to 44 cents/sq inch. Of course the price drops as you order more. Depanalizing is 50 cents/board, or free for boards over 15 square inches. A 4x3" board, the maximum size from the free version of eagle, is 12*2.50 + $10 = $40 at batchpcb. At custompcb, I could pay $84 and get 12 boards. So 1 board = $40, an additional 11 = $44 more. Even better, custompcb lets you panelize different designs. So 1 each of 2 different boards are $80 at batchpcb or 6 each of 2 different boards are $84 at custompcb. The only reason I haven't ordered is I want to have several board designs to do at once and I generally only have a couple of projects going at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Keller" To: "PICLIST Post" Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [EE] Prototype Board Thru-hole & Surface Mount? > Brooke, > > Not sure what you consider prohibitive but you might take a look at > BatchPCB (www.batchpcb.com) from Sparkfun. They offer inexpensive PCB's > in about 3 weeks. At $2.50 per square inch plus $10.00 setup fee plus > shipping it's not too bad. > > Phil > > Brooke Clarke wrote: > >>Hi: >> >>I'd like to make prototypes to try out some ideas where both through >>hole and surface mount parts are needed. >>If a custom PCB is made for each of the tries the cost is prohibitive. A >>PCB that combines both types of parts has been designed, see: >>http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/BTPS.shtml#PB Is a mixed part >>prototype board available? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Brooke Clarke, N6GCE >> >> >> > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist