Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On 25/01/2025 07:14, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 24/01/2025 20:27, Rich wrote:

The price on oshpark.com for two layer boards is $5/squar inch, for
three copies of the board.
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A six layer board is quoted at $15/square inch, again for three copies.
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Quite affordable overall for a hobbiest, and no messing with etch
chemicals either.

I'm paying a lot less than that for Chinese... dirtypcbs.com

 It might be different sending to more populous countries, but I
find the postage cost dwarfs the manufacture cost from Chinese
PCB fabs (in a desperate attempt to touch on the relevent topic,
I'll say it costs "an ARM and a leg"). You could combine boards
for multiple projects to save that, but then you find you stuffed
something up and need to pay full wack on postage of the revised
design.
 

China has very strange postal regulations to encourage exports: postage is virtually free.
And they seem to shove small stuff in packing crates in an aircraft that goes to Europe and then throws them in the postal system there.
It is far easier to import from China than from the EU or the USA these days.

I actually quite like messing with the etch chemicals, so tend
to prefer that. In fact it got me in the mind to try developing
film, but I've been putting that off for many years and of course
now finding stores that still stock darkroom supplies has become
a new obstacle. Still definitely on my to-do list though.

Online is your friend

 

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