SeeedStudio, 3 PCBs for 1$

Here’s a new promo for the Fusion PCB service by SeeedStudio: from today untill September 21st, you can order 3 PCBs for 1$ (excluding shipping costs) To take advantage of the offer, simply enter the order from the dedicated page of their website. The offer includes PCBs with the following characteristics: [checklist] 1/2 layers max size of 10x10cm…

PCBWay, service review

If you follow my blog, you probably noticed that I use different online services to make my PCBs… it’s a way to test them in terms of quality and production time. On the advice of my friend Mauro, I recently chose PCBWay to produce some PCBs for my future projects. The procedure for sending a new order is…

SeeedStudio’s new services

SeeedStudio has just announced the availability of two new services: 4 layers PCBs SMD stencils I’ve already blogged about the FusionPCB service: Seeeds added the possibility to order 4 layers PCB and reduced the minimum number of PCBs for a single design (now you can order a minimum of 5 PCBs): The SMD stencils helps to quickly apply…

OSH Park

I decided to try the PCB service offered by OSH Park to manufacture the PCB for my Type4me project after having read good reviews about it; it was also recommended me by my friend Dario. OSH Park takes designs from many hobbists, panelizes them and – 2-3 times a week – sends them to the fab. For each design, you get…

PCB Services: price comparison

Sometimes, on this blog I write about cheap PCB services: how to use SeeedStudio’s Fusion PCB service, the availability colored PCBs from iTeadStudio, a quality comparison between the two services above and OSHPark… Brad today posted an interesting comparison between the price of three famous services… For example, considering only the cheapest service (without caring about production time) here’s the…

PCB Visualizer

Eurocircuits has published a useful online tool  to validate your PCB projects: PCB Visualizer: After having uploaded your files (it can handle Gerber or Eagle v.6 format) you can check if everything is ok: At the moment, the tool is available if you choose one of the following PCB services: Eurocircuits : www.eurocircuits.com Elektor :  www.elektorpcbservice.com element 14…