There are dozens of circuit board prototyping services out there.

Some are good, some should be avoided. Some offer high turnaround prices, others don’t. Essentially, this a review of them. In general, you can only have one or two of the following attributes of a manufacturer:

• Low cost (relative)
• Quick (1 – 2 weeks)
• low volume ( 1 – 10 boards)
• Quality (inversely proportional to cost)

If you haven’t read the prequel, we suggest you do so here.

These services will be for those that want to have their prototype at low volumes and low cost (i.e. its going to take 1-2 months before receiving it).

• OSH Park
• Asian Circuits
• Shenzhen 2 u
• PCB Manufacturing

 

These service work for those that want it quick and at a low volume:

• Quick Turn Protos
• Precision Tech
• Advanced Circuits
• SunStone Circuits
• Custom Circuit Boards
• PCB Unlimited
• PCB Assembly Express
• Bay Area Circuits

These service work for those that want it quick and at a volume:

• Rush PCB
• PentaLogix
• Nex PCB
• PCB Fab Express
• PCB Fabrication