Analogue-sequencer

Folks,

Still no sign of the missing PCBs. I've emailed Olimex again to find 
out when they shipped them.
Apologies again for the delay - I'll get them out as soon as I have 
them, but unfortunately not before.
If anyone knows of a reliable, inexpensive European supplier of 
printed circuit boards, I'd be interested to hear...

Cheers,
Colin f

Hi
Olimex are on holiday throughout August (see their web site for the
announcement), and couldn't take my PC order at the end of July. The last
PCB Olimex made for me took around 4 weeks+, much slower than normal. So I
am guessing its another 4 weeks before your boards arrive, unless they got
them out last week (hopefully!)

I am currently trying out PCB Pool for 2 prototype boards(DS, Soldermask,
Silkscreen), but they are expensive at around £40 a board. Prices come down
when you order in bulk. They take Eagle .BRD files. 20 120x100mm boards come
out at £10 each. 10 working day deliver time. I am hoping the quality is
slightly better than Olimex.

PWT have quoted me £200 + VAT for a quantity of 12 120x100mm boards (DS,
Blue Soldermask, Silkscreen). They take Gerbers I think, and are at
www.pwtpcbs.com. The blue mask was of interest as I am building replica E-mu
Systems modules.

Anyone else with some info/experiences??

Regards
Rob
www.emulatorarchive.com

Folks,

Still no sign of the missing PCBs. I've emailed Olimex again to find
out when they shipped them.
Apologies again for the delay - I'll get them out as soon as I have
them, but unfortunately not before.
If anyone knows of a reliable, inexpensive European supplier of
printed circuit boards, I'd be interested to hear...

Cheers,
Colin f

> Olimex are on holiday throughout August (see their web site for the
> announcement), and couldn't take my PC order at the end of July. The last
> PCB Olimex made for me took around 4 weeks+, much slower than normal. So I
> am guessing its another 4 weeks before your boards arrive, unless they got
> them out last week (hopefully!)

I've had a mail back from them in the last few minutes to say that the
boards have been shipped, and should be here any day...
If they haven't turned up by the end of this week, I'll maybe just etch
them myself !

I'll certainly shop around before my next order. I would have liked to
have got them locally (UK), but the price difference is just too much.

Cheers,
Colin f

Rob,

> I am currently trying out PCB Pool for 2 prototype boards(DS,
> Soldermask, Silkscreen), but they are expensive at around £40 a board.

given that the boards are a 'one-off' thats pretty good.
You won't find anyone else offering that kind of price, they'll charge a
tooling fee, setup fee, materials, etc..

> Prices come down when you order in bulk. They take Eagle .BRD files. 20
> 120x100mm boards come out at £10 each. 10 working day deliver time. I
> am hoping the quality is slightly better than Olimex.

I have used PCBpool for prototypes and small quantities (<5) and have not
had any problems with them at all..

> PWT have quoted me £200 + VAT for a quantity of 12 120x100mm boards
> (DS, Blue Soldermask, Silkscreen). They take Gerbers I think, and are
> at www.pwtpcbs.com. The blue mask was of interest as I am building
> replica E-mu Systems modules.

Thats a good price, I'll have to take a look.
The monowave PCBs (300m by 240mm, with routing) cost me around 60UKP each.

Paul