On 3/10/2010 9:52 PM, e.stiebler wrote:
  Dave McGuire wrote:
   Sorry,
but the new one want be cheaper than that. That's why I don't
 call them expensive. 
   A new one can easily be cheaper than that, assuming you don't
 intend to recoup all of your development expenses in the first two or
 three sales.  I expect quite a few of these cards would sell.
 There's no reason to price it up in the stratosphere. 
 
 $ 200 is definitely even close to the stratosphere.
 Entertain yourself and get a quote for just the PCB.
 (4Layer, gold fingers, 14 routing points, non standard thickness,
 prototype amount 10, smt)
 And while you're at it, put the qbus drivers on it and a handle.
 Please tell me what you got so far.
 Stratosphere ?
 ;-) 
Do you really need gold fingers?  My PCB place does gold immersion for a
flat $30.00 per board run.  No, it's not as thick as gold fingers, but
does the board really need the full plating thickness?
If someone could give me a board size and a thickness, I can get a
ballpark PCB quote for you all.  10 versus 100 will not make a
difference to the board house, or at least has not yet made a difference.
Startup cost is $50 for layout.
SMT is not an issue either, unless you want the board house to
assemble.  If so, it's $125 for a stencil.
Jim
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