[gta02-core] Good news from Sao Paulo

[Rene Harder]

Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Rene Harder wrote:
>   
>> [1] http://www.4pcb.com/
>> [2]
>> http://www.4pcb.com/media/Capabilities%20August%2009%20-%20PDF%20version.pdf
>>     
>
> Thanks ! When I run the following specs (ballpark figures):
>
>   Board 3 in x 4 in
>   Array 15 in x 6 in, 4 boards (wild guess)
>   FR4, 40 mil thick, ENIG, 1 oz copper, 5 mil traces,
>   solder mask and silkscreen both sides, default colors,
>   smallest hole 8 mil, SMT pitch 15 mil, 100 pads on top,
>   1000 bottom, no extra features.
>
> Then I get a per-board price, for 20 units:
>
> 	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	4 weeks
> 	93.82	71.82	66.32	60.81	(all USD)
>
> plus	Tooling	USD 530
> 	Testing USD 620
>
> So for the 2 weeks option, that would be a per-board price of about
> USD 130 plus shipping, import, etc. They don't have online quotes
> for stencils, but if I take the price from wedirekt, then a stencil
> for the whole array should cost about EUR 160, again plus
> international shipping. (If we use a two up, two down configuration
> for the array, we may need only one stencil.)
>
> That's pretty good. My estimate was in the EUR 200 range, while this
> is only a bit less than EUR 150, all costs considered.
>
> No microvias, though. Sniff.
>   

If you want I can try to get a quote with micro- and/or filled vias, so
we can place the vias directly in the solder land.


Rene