On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:20:13 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
Just waiting for some PCBs for some of the electronics on the old car to
arrive. I made a prototype to improve on the '70s Lucas design, and
several have expressed interest, so I'd had a batch made for the first
time. Previously, I've made my own from scratch.
Only need 20 for the initial run, but even for that modest quantity, it's
cheaper to have them made than DIY.

Who do you use? My favourites are these people

http://dirtypcbs.com/store/pcbs

Really quick and cheap service as long as you follow the rules.

I went for PCB Train (Newbury Electronics) on a recommendation after being
told they were very helpful to a newbie. And so they were. I'm not using a
pukka PCB prog to produce the gerber files, so needed a little guidance.
Now I've got just what those are a bit clearer in my mind, I could
probably use a cheaper alternative. I went for the cheaper 4 week
turnround as there's no rush for them. So they should arrive next week.

I use all free software for this. LTSpice creates the schematic and
simulates it, and it creates a netlist. Then Freepcb reads the netlist
and lets you create the artwork really easily. It generates the
Gerbers in exactly the format that dirtypcbs want. But you are
probably right to use PCBtrain - dirtypcb offer no help.

d

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