Printed Circuit Board

Fabrication Houses

"PCB manufacturers", "prototype boards", "board house", ...

• http://www.pcb4u.com better known as Accutrace)
• Saturn Electronics Corporation http://SaturnElectronics.com/ (thanks for the link, M. Miles)
• Excel Electrocircuit http://ExcelElectro.com/ (thanks for the link, M. Miles)
• American P.C.B. Company "they plan to put up a web page Real Soon Now -- perhaps http://ampcb.com/ ?"
• http://pcbexpress.com/ $100 for 4 identical PCBs (up to 3.375 x 2.875 inches) (that's $25 each) ... has on-line price estimates.
• http://www.apcircuits.com . least expensive for small quantities, very fast and high-quality service. Just for comparison, qty. 2 of a 6 inch by 4 inch board ran $90,and that was about 50% setup fee.
• Advanced Circuits http://4pcb.com/ makes quick-turn PWB prototypes. There's an on-line form where you tell it how big your board is and a few other details. It immediately gives you a complete price schedule (how much for 2 boards, how much for 10 boards, how much for 100 boards ... how much extra to pay for must-have-it-2-days-from-now.). I find on-line price estimates very useful for deciding whether to make 2 boards and buy a connector between them, or to make one big board. -- David A Cary
• "Olimex http://olimex.com/ is one of the cheapest and fastest services around" -- recc. Byron A Jeff 2002-12-07 on PicList (in Bulgaria so plan on a week or two shipping)
• Millennium Dataware S.r.l. http://www.mdsrl.it/ "Ultra Fast PCB Prototyping with the special warranty: 24 hours or the PCB are FREE!" -- Francesco Fontana < francesco (at) mdsrl.it >. Millennium Dataware has an online price estimate, and also a PCB discussion forum: http://plcforum.it/
• http://www.expresspcb.com Free ExpressPCB Windows layout software. Our express PC board manufacturing service delivers double-sided plated-through boards in 3 business days or less. Often orders for two boards cost under $100.
• http://www.pcb-quote.com/ Submits your board to several FAB houses for quotes. Assembly is not addressed.
• DynaArt Designs, 3535 Stillmeadow Lane, Lancaster, CA 93536
  Voice: (805) 943-4746, FAX: (805) 943-3776
  E-Mail: dynaart@netport.com
  Web Site http://www.dynaart.com
  Home of the "Toner Transfer System"
  
• Coffman Enterprises, http://www.cdh.net/scoff
  Email: scoff @cdh.net. PerfectBoard purple paper process to make printed circuit boards.
• Electrolube : Photo Resist, developer, Lacquer , Nickel spray, Etchant Electrolube Limited,Blakes Road,Wargrave,Berkshire,RG10 8AW U.K.
  Tel. +44 1734 404031 Fax + 44 1734 403084
• Isel: Etchant ,plating solution etching equipment etc.
  Isel Automation, 6419 Eiterfeld 1,Germany
• Sifco : Plating Pen, 5708 Schaaf Rd. Cleveland OH 44131 USA
  Tel +1 216 524 0099 Fax +1 216 524 6331
• Vero Electronics can be contacted in the US on 1-800-242-2863.
• Circuit Works Conductive Pen is available from Ocean State Electronics, (800) 866-6626.
  The catalog number is CW2200
• NEPCON holds trade shows that focus on electronic manufacturing equipment and tools. The next show is in Texas during the last week of October. This will give you a chance to kick the tires and test drive some of the equipment.
• Manncorp makes a pretty broad line of equipment. Everything from manual pick and place machines up to some fairly pricey automated lines. The sales people are pretty sharp and are willing to answer dumb questions.
• http://www.bomir.com/ This equipment is imported from Poland. Screen printer, manual pick and place with paste dispenser, and a batch reflow oven for US$ 12k.
• http://www.apsgold.com/ Through-hole lead forming machines and SMT equipment.
• For automated equipment, Upgrade Technologies is the leading contender at the moment. They started out with a focus on ovens. Screen printers and pick and place machines are fairly recent additions to their product line.
• PCB Fab Express http://pcbfabexpress.com/ has on-line price estimates.
• PCB FAQ written by Vincent Himpe <vincent.himpe at ping.be> at http://www.ping.be/~ping0751 (broken link as of 2005-07-18)
• PCB FAQ:
  http://cal003109.student.utwente.nl/stefan/el in the PCB section. (broken link as of 2005-07-18)
• Imagineering, Inc. http://pcbnet.com/ intro offer: $25 each for 2 Layers, $50 each for 4 Layers (quantity 1) max. 60 sqin., max. 14in length.

PICList threads: "cheap pcb fabrication needed"

FAB houses in the UK.

• http://www.lyncolec.co.uk/

Other web sites with long lists of PWB fabricators:

• http://www.everythingpcb.com/p5195.htm long list of Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers -- think we can get that site to link back to massmind ?
• http://dmoz.org/Business/Industries/Electronics_and_Electrical/Contract_Manufacturers/Printed_Circuit_Boards/ Many PWB fabricators and assemblers are listed at dmoz.
• Portland Robotics used to have a list of board houses http://portlandrobotics.org/index.php?id=21#132 , but today (2005-07-18) I only see one board fab listed.

See also:

• -Remove-lizhiren at @spam@hotmail.com refers to

  http://www.chinapcbs.com/ Our Printed Circuit Board manufacturing service delivers double-sided plated-through boards in 3 business days or less. Often orders for two boards cost under $USD100. And USD80/m2 for mass production for 2layers HASL PCB.

• -Remove-wiebke at @spam@quantumcad.co.uk refers to

  http://www.quantumcad.co.uk Title: Quantum CAD – PCB design solutions Description: High quality PCB Design Service for all industries, Full Electronic Product Design, SI Verify, High Speed Design, Simulation, hardware design, PLM Integration, PCB Design Software, Pre-design Study, PCB Design & Software Training.

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