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Potato Cakes

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Hello,

As I'm nearing closer to commercially releasing my first product, I am in looking to find a PCB house that does USA manufacturing. I'd like some recommendations for those who are actively involved with having their boards made stateside.

Thanks!

Paul
 
Fran is a girl after my own heart. She still uses a familiar stand alone PCB layout program, makes her own footprints, routes by hand and checks her design by hand. The only surprise is she does not use a Gerber viewer to check the Gerbers themselves because very rarely do your EDA give an accurate representation of the real rendering.

I would love to be able to have my PCBs made here in the UK but there is just no way they can compete with the Chinese.

Cheers

Ian
 
I used a contract manufacturer in NJ to populate my last production run of (SMD) PCBs. He ordered bare PCBs from a (Chinese) vendor he had good experience with.

I actually ordered one run of relatively simple PCBs from a Canadian PCB house, and the boards arrived from China.  ::)

I use Chinese vendors for prototype PCB with almost zero problems and very good pricing.

JR 

PS: I have seen more US PCB houses go out of business than I can remember to count...
 
Without turning this into a Brewery topic, it is not good for a business to rely on a supply chain based in a communist country that is not friendly with the rest of the world and views stealing other people's work and selling it as their own as a good business practice. Yes, there is the attractiveness of the extreme low cost of goods which again I don't want to go into the reasons how they are able to do so as this is not meant to be a Brewery topic. For my purposes, finding a board manufacturer in the US would be the most ideal route.

Thanks!

Paul
 
Potato Cakes said:
Without turning this into a Brewery topic, it is not good for a business to rely on a supply chain based in a communist country that is not friendly with the rest of the world and views stealing other people's work and selling it as their own as a good business practice. Yes, there is the attractiveness of the extreme low cost of goods which again I don't want to go into the reasons how they are able to do so as this is not meant to be a Brewery topic. For my purposes, finding a board manufacturer in the US would be the most ideal route.

Thanks!

Paul

My thoughts are likewise in that folks using Chinese PC fab houses are making it easier to leak intellectual property.  The Chinese culture is such that they take cloning as a natural thing to do with no consequencies.  Glad you found a state-side house to do your boards.

I don't have a need to do production runs and (like Fran) I still use stand-alone PCB layout programme to design my PCBs and enjoy do that as much as using the finished project so I have a sense of completeness from design all the way through to use.

Best regards

Mike
p.s.  Fran is the greatest  :)
 
pcbshopper.com is good for comparison shopping.  Some US shops are on there.

Edit : you might need to verify where the pcbs are actually made. US store front with overseas production is rather common.
 
john12ax7 said:
pcbshopper.com is good for comparison shopping.  Some US shops are on there.

Edit : you might need to verify where the pcbs are actually made. US store front with overseas production is rather common.

My rule of thumb....if it's cheaper by a ballpark than bay area circuits...its probably made overseas. It's 125$ for a single 8x11 panel....

https://store.bayareacircuits.com/weekend-warrior/
 
rackmonkey said:
FWIW OSHPark makes their boards in the US.

Once you get to the medium run pricing I think oshpark makes sense...but ordering prototypes boards through them gets very pricey...
 
Once you get to the medium run pricing I think oshpark makes sense...but ordering prototypes boards through them gets very pricey...
Yes very pricey when I just looked at a 10 board run.....
Very pricey quote on 10 boards as well...Over $30 each without shipping... $15 each for a run of 50

Has anyone found a decent priced US pcb maker for smaller runs? Overseas shipping can get a little wild at times but whatever...
 
This is an old thread... The last time I tried to buy American made PCBs, they arrived from China. :rolleyes: I expect there are still US based contract manufacturers but they will most likely buy bare PCBs from China.

JR
 
This list should at least get you started into finding a suitable PCB fabrication shop:

https://www.allpcb.com
https://www.asc-i.com
https://www.avanticircuits.com/
https://bayareacircuits.com/prototype-printed-circuit-boards-pcbs/
https://www.avanticircuits.com/
https://www.basicpcb.com/
https://www.customcircuitboards.com/
https://easypcbusa.com
https://www.pcbcart.com/pcb-fab/pcb-prototype.html
https://www.pcbnet.com
https://www.pcbpower.us
https://www.pcbsky.com/
https://pcbunlimited.com
https://www.pentalogix.com/products/us-quickturn-prototype-pcb
https://www.protoexpress.com
https://rushpcb.com
https://www.sfcircuits.com/pcb-production-capabilities/prototype-pcb-fabrication

>> An 8-Layer "RGBHV" Video Switching PCB (BNC Video Input / CAT-5 Video Output)
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>> A PCB Fabrication Detail Drawing
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>> A PCB Assembly Drawing
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>> A "TOP-SIDE" SILKSCREEN
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>> LAYER - 1 -- TOPSIDE ROUTES
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>> LAYER-3 -- INNER-1 ROUTES
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>> LAYER-6 -- BOTTOMSIDE ROUTES
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>> A 256 BNC Video Output PCB
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Should you need any assistance with your PCB-layout design and/or how to properly document your PCB-design for fabrication, you can let me know, if you wish.

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We love to support local businesses. That's how we maintain good relationship, get good prices, very fast turn around time, and good quality. If we need something real fast we come in, give Gerber files and tell--we need it tomorrow. Tomorrow we just come to pick the ready boards.

Just google for your local PCB houses and you will be surprised how many you can find around you. Go visit them and ask for a factory tour--you will immediately see who does it in house and who outsources.

Best, M
 

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