Stellarcore
New Member
I'm about to order PCBs in the next week or two for a couple of projects that I'm working on, and I'm considering the website pcbcart.com (their ads occasionally show up here in the google adsense banners).
The place is considerably cheaper (and faster, apparently) than SparkFun's BatchPCB. So I was wondering if anybody here has ever used them?
The boards that I'll be getting made are about 1.5" x 1.5" (roughly), have 8 mil traces and clearances, SMT parts on both sides and requires silkscreen/soldermask on both sides. At pcbcart, I can get these made with coloured soldermask/matte/silkscreen for roughly $3 per board, $40 setup charge, and $20 shipping (grand total for 15 boards works out to be around $110).
At batch PCB, the same board is $7.50/board with a $35 expedited shipping, bringing it to around $150. BatchPCB seems to be reasonable for small boards like mine, but for larger boards the prices get to be rediculous imo.
For instance, for an 8x10cm board works out to be around $30 per board plus $30 shipping ($330 for 10 boards), whereas at pcbcart the setup fee is around $50 but each board is < $10 and $20 shipping ($170 for 10 boards).
The place is considerably cheaper (and faster, apparently) than SparkFun's BatchPCB. So I was wondering if anybody here has ever used them?
The boards that I'll be getting made are about 1.5" x 1.5" (roughly), have 8 mil traces and clearances, SMT parts on both sides and requires silkscreen/soldermask on both sides. At pcbcart, I can get these made with coloured soldermask/matte/silkscreen for roughly $3 per board, $40 setup charge, and $20 shipping (grand total for 15 boards works out to be around $110).
At batch PCB, the same board is $7.50/board with a $35 expedited shipping, bringing it to around $150. BatchPCB seems to be reasonable for small boards like mine, but for larger boards the prices get to be rediculous imo.
For instance, for an 8x10cm board works out to be around $30 per board plus $30 shipping ($330 for 10 boards), whereas at pcbcart the setup fee is around $50 but each board is < $10 and $20 shipping ($170 for 10 boards).