I can second PCBGeek. The board I did with them recently was .75"x2.5" and we got back 100 of them for 90 bucks. Silkscreen did some 60mil lettering with no legibility problems. Nice flat HASL; no flaws in the soldermask that I can see. All 100 boards look perfectly usable. We'll use them again. Gary On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Forrest W Christian wrote: > Top posted.. sorry... :) Too much context needed to trim & bottom post... > > Doubt the electrical testing but you would have to ask..... Besides > that, yes it is a full spec, mask both sides, silkscreen both sides > (although I do top-only), HASL (not specified, but that's what it looks > like), 1oz copper, 8 mil trace/space, 18mil min hole board. For me, I > sent a ~20 sq in design, and ended up with ~20 boards back for the $89.99. > > The boards look really good, at least the first order. We will see > about long-term repeatability. That said, I'm going to start using > them for my final prototypes where I want quite a few boards with silk > and mask, or one-offs where I figure the design is pretty accurate and > I'm not needing them the end of the week. > > For true prototype boards, I will still use AP circuits in Canada, since > when I'm doing "is this design correct" work, I rarely need silkscreen > or mask, and in fact, an unmasked board is easier to do "manual > re-routes" on if something is wrong. Yes, there are some things you > have to do to your design to keep the costs low at AP circuits, but I've > pretty much got all my footprints set such that it isn't an issue. > > -forrest > > Olin Lathrop wrote: > > Forrest W Christian wrote: > > > >> 200 sq inches for $89.90 delivered to the US. > >> > > > > Was that tested though? Do they have top and bottom solder mask and at > > least top side silkscreen? The really cheap deals I've seen don't have > > these, so they're not really that cheap after all. > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products > > (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. > > > > -- > 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