The Pick&Place machine is in house, and the first production boards are=20
coming off of it, Hurray!

Unfortunately, due to the switch to surface mount for most products, I'm=20
apparently now in the market for a prototype PCB house, since the=20
barebones PCBs with no mask or legend just aren't going to cut it=20
anymore - the solder mask makes a *huge* difference on a SMD board.   So=20
I need to find a reasonable-cost board house which can do mask at least=20
on the top side.

Although I am familiar with PCBgeek and other similar inexpensive 10-ish=20
day turn services, this doesn't really work well when trying to get a=20
design done within a reasonable amount of time, especially when=20
considering shipping on both sides (and that 10 days=3Dtwo full weeks). =20
So far, The houses which do have 3 or 5 day turns seem to be mostly=20
really expensive.  So far, the least expensive (and reasonably=20
tolerable) option I've found for 5 days or less is PCBFabExpress.  =20
Advanced circuit's 33each special (4 boards for a total of $132+S&H)=20
also isn't bad for a 5 day turn.

Any others I should consider?

-forrest




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