7 Dec
2021
7 Dec
'21
3:45 a.m.
Board cost depends on quantity, the more you have made, the lower the
per board cost.
PCBCart.com charges a "tooling" charge for a new design.? They do look
over the designs carefully and reorders don't incur that charge.
To get an idea, I had a run of Joerg Hoppe's DEC Flip-Chip Extender Hex
+5 boards made (http://retrocmp.com/tools/dec-flip-chip-extenders)
I had 20 made.? My total (board cost, share of tooling, share of
shipping and share of customs at that time) per board cost is $42.60
(I'm selling them for $42 as I didn't get the customs charge until later).
On 12/6/2021 7:21 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote:
I haven't priced anything out yet.? My current
project will have
reasonably large sized board but will be using DIN 41612 style
connectors (so I don't need edge fingers).? I haven't gone to
different board vendors yet to see what pricing will be yet (still
settling on board size and number of layers...right now it looks like
it'll be 4 layers).
On 12/6/21 3:50 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
> For other boards without gold fingers where would you recommend and
> how expensive for omnibus size boards?
>
> On 12/6/2021 5:07 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> On 12/6/21 2:45 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> If I may8 ask a question.? I have never had boards made before. How
>>> do I find a good board house that is reasonable and how do I
>>> specify the board especially for the PDP-8 Omnibus which should
>>> have gold fingers on the edge connectors?
>>>
>> Anything the size of an Omnibus board with gold fingers is *not*
>> going to be "reasonable" especially if you want "hard gold"
(which
>> IMHO is the only way to go if you want reasonable life of the boards
>> and sockets).
>>
>> I've used Advanced Circuits for all my boards that needed gold
>> fingers (they are *not* cheap...you've been warned).? When you
>> submit your Gerber files, you also specify if you have edge fingers
>> and how you want them plated.? I have been 100% satisfied with the
>> boards that I've received from them.
>>
>> TTFN - Guy
>>
>>
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