OSHPArk and PCBWay will hold your design and let other people buy them (if you wish). This is an excellent way to do cheap on-demand distribution. I don't believe Jlcpcb offer this.
On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 10:32 PM Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a couple of boards from OSHPark. They seemed a bit slower : it took > them longer to accumulate enough board orders to fill their panel needs. > For a very small board (same size as an HPIB connector) they were > excellent. Cheap, and postage included whereas the Chinese suppliers have > expensive postage (unlike what we're used to from ebay). > > However, a bigger board (still only 50mm square) was a lot more expensive. > They don't seem to have the 'cheap if it's under 100mm square' rule that > the Chinese suppliers do. > > From here (UK) it seems you need to calculate in detail to choose the > optimum for size and postage. > > On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 10:04 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> >> > On Sep 3, 2023, at 4:47 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> > >> > On 9/3/23 13:28, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> > >> >> I like OSHPark, US based and pretty quick, decent pricing. Low enough >> I haven't felt compelled to look for cheaper alternatives. One nice >> feature is that they take KiCAD board files directly, no need to generate >> the low level Gerber files. One oddity is their purple (or black) solder >> mask, but one gets used to it. 2 or 4 layers and some other variations. >> >> >> > >> > PCVWay will give you purple (or several other colors) for an extra >> charge. >> > >> > I think there's a link on the KiCAD PCB layout menu send your design to >> > PCBWay--or at least there was; I haven't checked lately. >> > >> > At one time, I thought that OSHPark (and I've used them) did all of >> > their production domestically, but someone told me that it's not >> > true--they send out their work to China, just like everyone else. >> >> That certainly isn't what their website says -- "about us" says >> specifically "manufactured in the USA". >> >> paul >> >> >>
