[time-nuts] OT: ExpressPCB (cross-post from volts-nuts)

DaveH info at blackmountainforge.com
Sat Dec 10 00:38:05 UTC 2016


http://dirtypcbs.com/store/pcbs

Very happy with them.
Dave 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf 
> Of Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 12:07
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement; 
> Discussion of precise voltage measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: ExpressPCB (cross-post from volts-nuts)
> 
> On 9 December 2016 at 19:58, BIll Ezell <wje at quackers.net> wrote:
> > Sorry if I'm behind the times, just did a new project that 
> required a pcb,
> > and ExpressPCB is my go-to vendor for one-off boards. I 
> just noticed they
> > now provide the low-cost boards (fixed size, 3x5, quantity 
> 3) that I've
> > always ordered with silk screen and solder mask for $71. I 
> got my latest
> > boards that way and they're beautiful. No relationship to 
> them, just a happy
> > customer. You can still get the barebones boards for $51.
> 
> You also lock yourself into one vendor. There's other free software,
> like Kicad, where you can export files that many PCB manufacturers
> use. So you avoid vendor lock-in.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
> 
> If the company goes belly up, where are you going to get any more
> boards made, without starting from scratch?
> 
> Anyway, it is a bit off topic.
> 
> Dave
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