On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:32 PM, ivp wrote: > That depends where you are. AFAIK there is no local service here > like AP Circuits. It would cost me hundreds of dollars to have any > board made. There definitely is a gain to making your own board in > an hour or two. By the time I've booted up Eagle or Altium, drawn > the schematic, laid out the board, routed it, written the email to a > board house, I could've probably etched my own and be soldering. > I've done it so many times I can assure you it is worthwhile for one- > offs that you want right now. Not so for repeat boards over a certain > quantity of course. Then you get the pros to do it Exactly the point I was trying to convey. I only need 9 boards (3 units with 3 stacked boards each). So etching can be very quick. Drilling is also very easy with tungsten carbide bits. Far more economical than having them made. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .