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From: Talal Itani on 21 Jun 2008 10:19 Hello, I need to have a 4-layer board made, a prototype, 2 boards, nothing fancy. I did some research in this newsgroup and I narrowed it down to Sierra Pro Express, ExpressPCB, and AC Advanced Circuits. Do you think I made the right choice? Do you have any recommendations? I would like to receive the board 3-5 days. T.I.
From: Tim Wescott on 21 Jun 2008 11:48 Talal Itani wrote: > Hello, > > I need to have a 4-layer board made, a prototype, 2 boards, nothing fancy. > I did some research in this newsgroup and I narrowed it down to Sierra Pro > Express, ExpressPCB, and AC Advanced Circuits. Do you think I made the > right choice? Do you have any recommendations? I would like to receive the > board 3-5 days. > > T.I. > > I have only ever used PCB express (NOT express PCB), and they have never steered me wrong. Nor have they caused problems that I know of for my one local client that uses them. They're fast, they're accurate, and if your board comes back with problems it's because you put them there. I can't speak to any of the others -- they may be even better than PCB express (although there's not much room for improvement) or they may be horrid. http://www.pcbexpress.com/. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" gives you just what it says. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
From: Talal Itani on 21 Jun 2008 12:01 So, there is PCBexpress, and expressPCB. Two different companies? "Tim Wescott" <tim(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote in message news:paydneRCzL9Vv8DVnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d(a)web-ster.com... > Talal Itani wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I need to have a 4-layer board made, a prototype, 2 boards, nothing >> fancy. I did some research in this newsgroup and I narrowed it down to >> Sierra Pro Express, ExpressPCB, and AC Advanced Circuits. Do you think I >> made the right choice? Do you have any recommendations? I would like to >> receive the board 3-5 days. >> >> T.I. > I have only ever used PCB express (NOT express PCB), and they have never > steered me wrong. Nor have they caused problems that I know of for my one > local client that uses them. They're fast, they're accurate, and if your > board comes back with problems it's because you put them there. > > I can't speak to any of the others -- they may be even better than PCB > express (although there's not much room for improvement) or they may be > horrid. > > http://www.pcbexpress.com/. > > -- > > Tim Wescott > Wescott Design Services > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > Do you need to implement control loops in software? > "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" gives you just what it says. > See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
From: Hauke D on 21 Jun 2008 12:55 > So, there is PCBexpress, and expressPCB. Two different companies? Yes. > Can ExpressPCB receive files from other PCB software? No. (only netlists from schematic tools) > As for being "locked-in" to their software, for an extra $60 (last > time I checked), they will send you the Gerber files. From there, you > can import to many of the other programs avail. Hm, didn't know that. Still, it should be noted that ExpressPCB can't read Gerber files and one can only order from ExpressPCB through their software, so I'd still consider that being pretty locked in. Plus, if I wanted to spend a little extra money, I'd just go with something like EagleCAD and one of the other fab places anyways :) I'd still recommend ExpressPCB for any simple 2-layer designs where it's not important for your design to be portable; I've used them several times myself and it's quick and easy and decent quality. And I'm a big fan of "keep it simple" interfaces like their software is. Regards, -- Hauke D
From: Tim Wescott on 21 Jun 2008 14:25 Talal Itani wrote: (Top posting fixed) > > "Tim Wescott" <tim(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote in message > news:paydneRCzL9Vv8DVnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d(a)web-ster.com... >> Talal Itani wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I need to have a 4-layer board made, a prototype, 2 boards, nothing >>> fancy. I did some research in this newsgroup and I narrowed it down to >>> Sierra Pro Express, ExpressPCB, and AC Advanced Circuits. Do you think I >>> made the right choice? Do you have any recommendations? I would like to >>> receive the board 3-5 days. >>> >>> T.I. >> I have only ever used PCB express (NOT express PCB), and they have never >> steered me wrong. Nor have they caused problems that I know of for my one >> local client that uses them. They're fast, they're accurate, and if your >> board comes back with problems it's because you put them there. >> >> I can't speak to any of the others -- they may be even better than PCB >> express (although there's not much room for improvement) or they may be >> horrid. >> >> http://www.pcbexpress.com/. > So, there is PCBexpress, and expressPCB. Two different companies? > > Yes, very different. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" gives you just what it says. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
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