Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] open-source like hardware
From: Jussi Laako (jussi.laako_AT_kolumbus.fi)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 21:27:15 EET
John Meacham wrote:
>
> It will practically NEVER be cheaper to go get the boards on your own,
> remember the cost of getting boards or chips made is
> BIGNUMER + quantity*smallnumber. the designer can have them made in bulk
Yep, PCB manufacturers have starting costs of about 1200-1500 euros because
they have to make the masks. After that it doesn't matter much if you buy 1
or 10 or even 100 boards. Depending on size of the board as they have to
produce one or more about 50cm x 100cm boards with N of your boards.
- Jussi Laako
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