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Although fabricating PCB (Printed Circuit Boards) is a great learning experience, it requires a degree of skill and experience that takes time to develop.  Your first PCB probably won't be a dense, small trace width, double side board.  However, there are alternate methods of manufacturing PCBs.  As technology has improved, PCB manufacturing houses have greatly improved and offer boards at a very
reasonable price.  A typical small production run of 5 PCBs is now less than $100 including shipping.

The board house PCB FAB Express has fabricated a number of boards that are featured on this website.  All have been very good quality and shipped quickly.



If you decide to use PCB FAB Express for your design, please use their referral system.  For each referral I'll get a $50 credit for future PCBs.  This helps defray some of the costs of these open source designs.




Typical, finished PCB.
 

 

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