Re: [N8VEM-S100:7484] Home brew PCBs

[litte...@mchsi.com]

The board size is about 3.8" x 2.5" and for $51 or so, I think this
is the way to go.  I'm sure I would have spent that on FeCl3 and
supplies and no messy chemicals.

I've been playing with the Express PCB software this afternoon.
Simple enough, right now I'm working on the schematic...

Curious to see what happens in the board layout stage. 


Todd 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Kaufman" <geka...@gmail.com>
To: "N8VEM-S100" <n8vem...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 8:44:43 PM
Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:7484] Home brew PCBs

For small one-up small boards consider expresspcb 
(http://www.expresspcb.com/)

They have a modest, free cad program that uploads to their system, and you 
can get 3 3.8 x 2.5" miniboards for $51 + shipping in about 3 days.  If you 
need solder mask and silkscreening it's a bit more at $75 + shipping.

I've used them a bunch of times and they do nice work - and way quicker 
than China.  For any larger boards their cost is unfortunately way too high.

A bit slower, but less costly and using standard Gerber files is OSH Park

My last run of S-100 boards were nicely made by www.pcbway.com in China.  

- Gary



- Gary 

On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 9:32:06 PM UTC-4, Tom Lafleur wrote:
>
> I given up on local board making, I just let shops in China make them and 
> wait the two to three week to get them via China Post, or 4 to 5 day via DHL
>
> better board, tested, solder mask, silkscreen...
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Crusty OMO <cru...@hotmail.com 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Todd,
>>
>> KiCad isn't very hard to learn, there's a youtube video tutorial on it.  
>> I've heard good things about direct transfer, but never used it.  Photo 
>> resist is tricky, I've done it a few times and by the time you master it, 
>> you will waste several boards.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Josh
>>
>>
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>> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:07:48 -0700
>> From: litt...@gmail.com <javascript:>
>> To: n8ve...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>
>> Subject: [N8VEM-S100:7481] Home brew PCBs
>>
>>
>> I haven't etched a PCB since I was a teenager.  Now I have
>> the need to make some simple boards.  They only need to
>> be single sided using up to eight or so 16-20 pin Dips and
>> a few caps, LEDs and what not.
>>
>> I don't need anything fancy as I will use my Laser printer.
>>
>> Eagle is $169 for the simple version, but this is too much
>> as I only need to make a few boards.
>>
>> Whats available that is low cost that others may have used ?
>>
>> One more question, direct transfer or photo resist ??
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
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