PCBs in Berlin

Floppy · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:48 am Post subject: PCBs in Berlin

i just got a quote from a company here in berlin, they want 45euro for 1 simple pcb at an order of 30. looks like they are specialized on fast delivery at high prices.
can you recommend a slow & cheap pcb manufacturer in berlin, or actually anywhwere in germany ?

e-grad · Joined: Sep 12, 2008 Posts: 142 Location: Berlin

Guess for larger companies it's not economical to do small runs. I've dealt with www.platinenbelichter.de in the past and the results were fine! The PCB is home etched by a one-peron-enterprise: fast and reliable.

The PCBs doesn't match the look of a MOTM, Blacet, CGS etc one, but then, you send in i.e. a PDF with the layout and will get a working PCB.

BTW Why not expanding you search throughout the EU? No customs, free bank transfers (at least my bank doesn't charge anything for it)?

Floppy · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:32 am Post subject:

hello e°

thank you for this great site, looks so much better then all the hightech stuff i found yet.

yes maybe eu wide search would find a much cheaper version...

bubblechamber · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

i know it's not i europe, but i've found that futurlec tends to be pretty good and cheap for one off prototypes

Floppy · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

i just had a look at futurlec, seems a nice all in one solution.
but the boring customs office has to be avoided by all means.

sneakthief · Joined: Jul 24, 2006 Posts: 569 Location: Berlin

i've never had the berlin customs stop or inspect any of my packages from futurlec (5 or 6 orders) - maybe i'm lucky?

b-funk · Joined: Jul 17, 2007 Posts: 193 Location: Berlin

It strongly depends on the value of the parcel and from where it was shipped...
Usually parcels under a value of 30-40€ go through customs. Most of my more valuable orders did also come through.
But I can see a tendency that almost all parcels from China, Hong Kong or other asian countries get catched...

Best wishes,

Tobias.

BTW: Michel, do you have time mid october? We´re planning to celebrate the Stammtischs 1st birthday with a private Orchester gig. Wanna join?

sneakthief · Joined: Jul 24, 2006 Posts: 569 Location: Berlin

my count: 6x $99 USD deliveries, none stopped by customs. probably because the boxes are relatively small.

customs stopped my mb-808 kit, but moogah declared it as $20 USD worth of documents. i had a fun time explaining that one... something along the lines of "oh those crazy americans" Razz

luckily it worked.

however, i really got nailed on my blacet and asm-2 kits. ugh.