[time-nuts] OCXO Support Board

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

There are a number of free ( = there is no license fee ) pcb layout programs out there. 
One of the many is KiCad. It’s not that hard to use. It is very popular. There are a lot
of YouTube videos and blogs detailing how to do this or that with it. Laying out a board
to mount an OCXO on is a pretty good starter project. 

Once you get going, a board is a weekend project. Indeed, a simple board might be an
evening project. There’s not a lot involved. 

Once you have your layout, it goes off to any of a number of outfits. Seeed Studio is 
one that many people use. WellPCB is another that comes with a lot of recommendations. 
As long as you stick with < 100 mm x < 100 mm parts a number of places will sell you
boards for 50 cents each. 

Shipping does cost $20 to $30, so doing more than one board at a time is a pretty good
idea. If you are laying out five boards a week, batching them up isn’t the hard part :)

While most don’t seem to use it, many board houses also offer assembly / pick and place
services. On a board that uses simple parts, that might take out the whole assembly
process. No idea (yet) how well that part goes ….

Bob

> On May 13, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Bill Notfaded <notfaded1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to find a base PCB design to use too.  In the interim I
> bought some boards from Gerry Sweeney that sells them for HP5313x frequency
> counter OCXO upgrades and supports different footprints.  Open source
> design is even better.  OSHpark is great.  Please post it!
> 
> Bill E.
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2020, 11:59 PM Matthias Welwarsky <time-nuts at welwarsky.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Dienstag, 12. Mai 2020 20:53:25 CEST Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
>> 
>>> Ten boards did cost $5 at PCBway, DHL wanted $25 for transport. :-<
>>> I can publish the Altium Designer project or the Gerber files when the
>>> 1st ten are used up
>>> and there has been somewhat more testing. The number of possible
>>> combinations
>>> is quite large.
>> 
>> If you publish the Gerber files, People in the US can use OSHPark for
>> having
>> the boards made, in EU Aisler.net is probably the best option.
>> 
>> BR,
>> Matthias
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers, Gerhard
>>> 
>>> Am 12.05.20 um 19:52 schrieb Wes:
>>>> Does anyone know of a ready made board that will allow me to mount and
>>>> at the least, minimally support the operation of an MV89A oscillator.
>>>> I have one which I've powered up deadbug style and would like to clean
>>>> up the mess a little.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> Wes N7WS
>>>> 
>>>> 
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