Hi Guys,
I can get the boards from China for about $3 each. I have a good friend
who can convert the ExpressPCB format to the Gerber format. I would have
to buy 10 boards at a time. I would also have to cut the boards to size
myself. I might be able to get my friend to cut them apart. Maybe we
could get another group buy going. What do you guys think?
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Bryce" <prosolar@sssnet.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II UV EPROM failure
Thanks, Steve,
I guess what they say is so true, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
The pcb house I use could make those for about $5-8 a copy (100 pc lots)
if they have the gerber 247 files (industry standard)
I also use a company that panelizes boards and with a small run of maybe
25 copies, the price should be about (I’m guess here!) $10-$15 a pop.
I wonder what the conversion would cost from ExpressPCB?
Then again, if you don’t have an issue, i could lay out a new pcb and
bypass express all together. I’ll take a look at the schematic and see
what’s going on.
I normally use a program called Circad to lay out pcbs, but this will give
me an excuse to teach myself Eagle PCB Cad.
Mike Bryce, WB8VGE
the heathkit shop
SunLight energy systems
J e e p
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On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net> wrote:
Mike,
It's a proprietary ExpressPCB format and I know of no easy way to convert
to a Gerber file. ExpressPCB will do a conversion for you ...... at a
price !
Steve G3TXQ
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