Hi Oli,

Thanks for the report.

Do you know whether Spirit Circuits is willing to produce boards for
US customers under this service (assuming that we DO pay for postage
to the US)?

Sean


On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Oli Glaser <oli.glaser@talktalk.net> wrote=
:
> Just thought I would report on the free "Go Naked" service from Spirit
> Circuits (UK) in case anyone is interested. It was recommended to me in a
> thread I started not so long ago (thanks to whoever it was..) asking abou=
t
> decent PCB houses for prototyping - i.e speed/price for small orders.
> =A0They do a free, 2 layer PTH board with *no mask or silk* (1 of, only 1
> design regardless of size - no panelising, I asked :-) ) There is no
> *official* size limit on design either - I asked about this too.
> =A0To order, just e-mail them the Gerbers and NC files, with the address =
and
> Company Name/Number.
>
> I ordered one on Tuesday and it turned up on Thursday in a fancy package =
-
> very nice quality board, great service for prototyping purposes. No messi=
ng
> about with restrictions on certain drill hole sizes/shapes etc (I had pla=
ted
> slots on my board and a couple of "non standard" size holes)
> On first impressions, they seem they might be a good company to do busine=
ss
> with quality and service wise, although I'm pretty sure they won't beat
> China etc, on price with finished boards, but I'm going to ask for a quot=
e
> on a 6 or 8 layer board I'm designing just to find out how it compares to
> PCBCart (whom I usually use, very cheap indeed with good
> service/communication)
>
>
> In their words(in reply to my e-mail):
>
>
> Free Prototypes, absolutely no cost.
>
> This is a tracks and holes only board, which gives your engineers an
> opportunity to test a concept without committing to a full-blown prototyp=
e
> order.
>
> The Go-Naked service is for a 1.6 thick 1 or 2 layer board. It includes t=
he
> drilling with plating holes and immersion silver finish but does not incl=
ude
> solder masks, idents, or routing. If you require a prototype that deviate=
s
> from this, please ask for a competitive quotation.
>
> Gerber data required,
>
> Only one design supplied.
> UK postage is free
>
> Min Track - 5 thou -0.127mm
> Gap - 5 thou - 0.127
> Annular - 5 Thou - 0.127
> Min Hole size - 0.3mm
> Min Annulus - 5 thou - 0.127
>
>
>
>
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