I recently found out about CircuitHub and Macrofab. Both companies seem to be great options for hobbyists. I submitted a design for a small Arduino-type board, about 1.5"x1.5" with 27 components on two sides. Macrofab quotes $31 for a single board, $251 for 10, and $1,847 for 100. CircuitHub quotes $188 for a single board, $315 for 10, and $1420 for 100. These seem like reasonable prices for small batches, which includes manufacture and assembly of the PCBs. Even better, I can just dump my Eagle files directly into the website; no need to generate my own BOM and gerbers beforehand. Has anyone on this forum used either of these services? I haven't found any reviews online, but there's been plenty of press. I'd like to hear some opinions and stories of your experiences (lead times, customer service, quality, etc.)
I have been using Macrofab for over 3 years now. Being able to see real time pricing for full turnkey and immediately know the effect of changing quantity is great. They did have some growing pains in the beginning, and we had some diodes installed upside down, but they were great to work with and made everything right in the end. I have only ordered 2 to 6 layer boards from them, but part placement and board quality have never been an issue. Hope this helps.
Hello, In my experience, Macrofab offers excellent customer service and reasonable lead times, but CircuitHub's quality and assembly precision have been top-notch. With CircuitHub being slightly faster on one occasion.
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