Re: Getting the board made

From: Rene Tschaggelar (none_at_none.none)
Date: 01/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:10:39 GMT

Ralph Malph wrote:
> Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
>
>>Ralph Malph wrote:
>>
>>>Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ralph Malph wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have designed a board using Eagle and will be working on panelizing
>>>>>the image and generating Gerber files. I think I can handle that. But
>>>>>I have been looking at low cost PCB vendors and am not finding much.
>>>>>
>>>>>I see lots of ads for what seems to be very low cost boards, but I am
>>>>>finding that they often have restrictions that don't allow me to use
>>>>>them. The most common is a restriction on putting multiple images on a
>>>>>panel. My board is only 0.5" x 0.6"! It is silly to pay $10 each when
>>>>>I can put 20 or more on a panel and still have it well under the
>>>>>smallest standard size they provide.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone recommend a PCB vendor who will allow you to panelize a small
>>>>>board and still provide prototypes for under $100?
>>>>
>>>>www.eurocircuits.com
>>>
>>>
>>>Ok, how about vendors in the US? I expect the shipping costs and delays
>>>would make overseas vendors impractical for protos.
>>
>>Oops,
>>As European, I assume everyone else to be European too and
>>therefore the world ends at the boundaries of Europe.
>
>
> Hmmm, was this a friendly jab at Americans? I have even seen us
> criticized for using the term Americans since that really should apply
> to countries in two *continents*. I don't mind. I certainly can't say
> we aren't guilty of thinking that the US is at the center of the map.

Sort of. Almost.
Without telling us that you're interested in american companies, you
assumed that you'd get american companies. Neither your sender adress,
nor your signature didn't hint your location.
I likewise didn't think any further and assumed you to be european.
Sorry about that.

Rene

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