AVR-Chat

John Samperi wrote:
>>where can I get QUALITY PCB's done that do not cost the earth,

> I use BEC in Qld. I have been using them for about 10 years.
> Occasionally they mess up and they have redone the boards at
> no cost, I think it only has happened twice. They are fairly
> good but I have heard unhappy people too.

BEC = shite!  Yeah, quote me on that. I've done a lot of business with 
them in the last 4 years too, so I'm speaking from experience. If BEC 
want to complain about that, then first let them reply to my recently 
emailed, and unanswered complaints.

They have stuffed up too many times. if it's not badly etched boards 
(shorts, opens ..), it's badly routed panels. They redid one proto 
panel for me a while ago, but, they didn't even get back to me when 
they stuffed up my most recent prototype panel.

I get all my production boards from these professional people in 
Queanbeyan :

   http://www.lintek.com.au/

If you factor Lintek's 100% tested PCBs (BEC charge extra) they have 
actually worked out cheaper than BEC. And I'll never recover the 
ill-will BEC generated among my customers after we shipped some kits 
(DIY kits are a part of our business) that had PCBs where maybe 10% 
had faults.

   BEC = Rapid, Reliable, Responsive.

   Nah, BEC = Rabid, un-Reliable, un-Responsive


BTW, I just realised that Austronics 2005 will be at HOMEBUSH not at 
Darling Harbour as in previous years.

And, as I'm making complaints, I'll include professional tag line ...


Peter Gargano
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Tech Edge Pty. Ltd.    http://techedge.com.au     http://WBo2.com
ph : (02) 6251 5519    Int'l : +612 6251 5519     Fax : +612 6251 0558
Street addr : 37 Jalanga Cres.,  Aranda,  ACT 2614, Australia
Postal addr : PO Box 288, Jamison Centre, ACT 2614

















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