Who does everybody use to make their PCBs

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I used PCBCart in the past. They have a nice online pricing tool and they also are pretty good at spotting any design issues that one might have in the board design. They have a large capability spectrum. They are not ultra cheap but they are reliable, encourage good pcb design practices and the PCB quality is on par with the price.

For prototypes I use OSHPark, they have great balance between price/speed/reliability. The PCB quality is extraordinary, much better than PCBCart or any other low cost prototyping service I have tried so far. (maybe Eurocircuits is comparable, but the prices usually are much higher for similar lead time, and I am now located in the US so they are not really an option anyways)

Recently I also make my production runs through OSHPark too. Unless I need some crazy 8layer board with blind via I will likely continue using them for all my standard spec boards. Additionaly they are a very communicative and helpful bunch. If you have some special requirement support@oshpark.com is very quick at doing what they can to help out.

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If you looking for boards + assembly, you may want to check out MacroFab. I just ran a small board fully assembled with them as a test. There system auto-quotes the turnkey assembly. Their automated system did swap a resistor to an alternate vendor with the incorrect value (double check everything before pulling the trigger!), but customer service was very fast to get the issue fixed.

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For small quantity PCB prototyping, especially when you’re located in USA, I would recommend OSHPark, fantastic purple boards, perhaps the best price you can get within US when taking the quick shipping into consideration.

When comes to mass boards production, I recommend PCBCart. It specializes in fabricating circuit boards for high end products, quality standard is much higher than prototype boards. Its balance between price/speed/reliability is among the best Chinese manufacturers. They have components sourcing and circuit boards assembly service.

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