Chinese PCB Fabricators

Does anyone have experience with www.pcbcore.com? Their prices are very attractive for a project I have ready.

I have use www.pcbgeek.com with success in the past, but a current board order is late, and while they were still talking last week, responses to emails seem to be getting slower.

Gary

I took a look at the site and they appear to be legit. They say their min trace/space is 3 mil and they can do a 4 mil drill.

I have used pcbfabexpress.com in the past and those boards turned out nice. I have used some cheap board houses in the past where the boards worked fine, but the soldermask made the boards look really cheap.

Gary,

Have you heard of this Chinese PCB company? They have some attractive pricing for doing small production runs.

http://www.mylydia.com

I finally did get my board from pcbgeek, after a bit more than a month. They always responded to my email queries, but offered no explanation. I'm guessing the order was lost, or didn't yield and had to be redone. Or maybe it just got stuck in customs. The boards came out nicely anyway, and I got 44, 2"x2" boards for $90. That was the 200in2 service, which doesn't give a choice for board quantity.

I've also just placed an order with pcbcore, for 40 boards that are about 1sq. in. ea., for $115. More expensive, but they have better on-line quote/ordering and have a good variety of board options (thickness, finish, etc.). There's also an online order status.

Very interesting, a month is a long time to wait for a proto-board but certainly acceptable for that kind of price. Thanks for sharing.

Update on the order from PCBCORE. The boards arrived right on time and look good.

I've never used pcbgeed or pcbcore, so can't comment on them.

My normal board house for prototypes is GoldPhoenix (www.goldphoenixpcb.biz). For $120 you get whatever fits on 100 square inches (usually more than you need), two layer, top and bottom soldermask, top silkscreen, electrically tested, and delivered to my office usually in about 1 1/2 weeks. I've used them many times, and haven't had a real problem yet.

I have just received a batch of three different boards (five pieces each) from PCB Core. They were shipped the day they were supposed to. Everything as promised. Recommended.

Hi Gary,
PCBCORE is well regarded, so is GoldPhoenix & PCBfabexpress.
Another Chinese company with a excellent rep is PCBwing.
EverythingPCB.com also offers a 2% discount for PCBwing and links to a ton of other PCB manufacturers world wide (including PCBCORE, GoldPhoenix & PCBfabexpress.)
Danny

Hi Joe,

If you are looking for a fast PCB manufacturer, please feel free to contact me.

I am Liberty from ABP Electronics Ltd in China. We could manufacture PCB prototypes with reasonable cost and short lead time.

If you want to try, please feel free to contact me, my email address is circuit(_at_)abp.net.cn

My skype ID is Liberty_zhang_abp

Warmly welcome to enquiry for your boards.

Best Regard

Liberty Zhang

Hi
Can you give me price for
2 layer, 50x50mm, soldermask on top and bottom, silkscreen on top, standard spec.
5 pcs with shipping to Europe

John

I have used them without any problems.
They recognized a fault I've done and asked about it so I could adjust it before production.
Good quality card, good service, recommended.
Good luck.
Per

Hi John, would you please send us the Gerber file so that we could give you a better prices? My skype ID is Liberty_zhang_abp

Zhang
I need to make some adjustments on the PCB board before I can get a exact qoute from you.

Hi Olin, would you please want to try us? We could provide you prototypes very fast with reasonable prices and in good quality.

If you want to learn more, please feel free to contact me, my skype ID is Liberty_zhang_abp

You can contact me by skype, then we will talk.

Best Regards

Liberty Zhang

Hi John, how about your new PCB board? Does the design be finished? If yes, please feel free to contact me for quotation? : ) My skype is Liberty_zhang_abp

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Another reliable and quality PCB distributor is "PCB Solutions(PCB Solutions)":http://www.pcb-solutions.com. They have a free online quote system, their boards are very nice quality (with lots of different finish available), and they are very reliable. I'm not sure if they are in the competitive price range of what you are looking for, but you shouldn't have any problems with delivery and service with them.

@Gary Have you ever thought of taking your prototyping in-house? In the time you spent waiting for an email response you could have made several boards right in your office.

Check this out: http://www.lpkfusa.com/rapidpcb/index.htm

I check the web site you give,it is helpful

Any recommendations about the Chinese PCB house mentioned above?