[sdiy] PCB production costs

[Peter Grenader]

There are many many options that you haven't addressed here that would be
required to approximate costing (I used to be a quality manager for a huge
US electronics company, and most of my work was 'watching over' our pcb
manufacturers).

Thickness of plating, type of sub straight material (FR4, paper based, etc),
type of solder mask (screened or photo imaged) whether you are providing
Gerber data or just film...that kind of stuff.

Email me as I have found a source for doubled side, masked and screened
pcb's at $30 a pop - but you HAVE to provide Gerber data - they do not
accept film.

-Peter



> Hi all.
> 
> I'm asking this to members of the list out of curiousity:
> 
> Where you live, how much would you expect to pay for a very good quality
> printed circuit board, double sided and silkscreened, measuring something
> like 200mm by 150mm, including the initial tooling costs, and assuming
> quantities of 20 to 30?
> 
> I'm not really looking for any particular company recommendations - rather
> I'm just wondering how production costs might vary in different regions.
> Just after rough figures.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Trevor.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> trevor at resonance.fsnet.co.uk
> 
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