I’ve purchased PCBs form these companies:
Very good qualilty. I orderer a batch of 25 and got 26 :-) Was delivered by FEDEX. I orderer Monday morning and got it on Tuesday next week!
Pooling service run by SparkFun. 10$ tooling fee + 2.5$/in² (0.39$/cm²). They’ve got a DRC bot that automatically checks uploaded Gerber files for errors. The boards are manufactures by Gold Phoenix. It’s a nice idea, but for me it just takes too long. Waiting more than 4 weeks for a prototype just doesn’t cut it.
pending… still pending… it arrived. Very good quality, even affordable gold plating, but you have to wait for it. My first order took 5 weeks. Communication is a bit strange, you only get an order confirmation and that’s it. If you want more information, you need to ask.
Propaganda service (now called FUSION) for open source designs. Good quality for small money.
Quite affordable, similar to SeeedStudio. I’ll be able to tell more, once my first order has arrived. Ordered: Oct. 16th, shipped: Oct. 24th, delivered: Nov. 11th. Quality: very good
They use the same PCB factory as SeeedStudio and ITeadStudio.
Pooling service for prototypes.
Experience with drill files:
You better make sure the drill file complies with these settings. Otherwise you’ll have some emails going back and forth to fix the issue.
- Drill Units: inches
- Zeros Format: supress leading zeros
- Precision: 2.4
- Drill Origine: Absolute
- Drill Sheet: None
- Mirror Y Axis: OFF
- Minimal Header: ON
