Edit: Earlier I kept using myroPCB to refer to 4pcb! Talk about confusing. Myro is a service in China. Not the same.
Recently I got bitten trying to save $30 in shipping, which actually just cost me two days of work time (the weekend). I thought barebones was same-day shipping out, but it is actually 1-day lead time. Thus, the fastest turnaround time possible is 3 days, for instance order on Wednesday, ships on Thursday, next-day delivers on Friday. The 1-day and 2-day services do not deliver on Saturdays.
Thus, for the future, here are some examples of 4pcb costs and shipping times for their barebones option (2 layer no silk no mask yes plating), the best option for quick and dirty prototypes:
Order 1
1 402 Bare Bone 2-Layers 5EA 14.29 71.45
2 95 Shipping & Handling 1EA 69.29 69.29
Unit Dimensions: 01.938 x 02.150
ORDER-DATE: 01/13/2012
SHIP-DATE: 01/16/2012
SHIP-VIA: UPS Next Day Air Saver (5:00pm)
Shipped: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Arrived: Tuesday, 01/17/2012 at 10:58 A.M
For this board:
https://github.com/nouyang/
https://github.com/nouyang/
The only options that ship on Saturdays are Fedex and UPS Saturday.
Order 2
7 barebones PCBs $91.84
1 day lead time
Shipping UPS 2nd DAY $41.49
Ordered: 6/11/2014
Shipped: 06/12/2014
Arrived: 6/16/2014 (well, almost guaranteed it will arrive on Monday)
First Dimension: 2.400 Second Dimension: 2.200
On this board, the available shipping options and costs:
UPS Red Early (8:30 am) $117.41
UPS Red (10:30am) $84.26
UPS Red Saturday $96.76
UPS 2nd DAY $41.49
UPS 3-day orange $31.22
UPS Next Day Air Saver (5:00pm next business day) $77.29
UPS Ground $19.91
FedX Early (8:30am) $117.41
FedX Priority 1 (10:30am) $84.26
FedX Standard $77.29
FedX Saturday $0.00
FedX 2nd DAY $41.49
FedX Express Saver $31.22
FedX Ground $19.91
WILL CALL $10.00
UPS Worldwide Express Red Will not quote because we are in US
UPS Worldwide Expedited Blue
UPS Worldwide Standard
FedX Intl. Priority
FedX Intl. Economy
Appendix
Order 1
ITAR: no
Certs: IPC Class 2 AS9100: no
Electrical Test: NO 5% OVERAGE: no
Material Type: FR4
Material Thickness: 0.062″ Board Finish: BB
Unit Dimensions: 01.938 x 02.150
Array Dimensions: 00.000 x 00.000 Array Number Up: 0
Array Qty: 0
Tab Rout: NO Scoring: NO
Copper Weight: 1 oz Inner Copper Weight: 0.0
Solder Mask Sides: None Solder Mask Color: None
Legend Silk Scrn: None Legd/Silk Scrn Color: None
Castellated Holes: no
Blind/Buried Vias: None SM Plugged Via: no
Via-In-Pad: None Microvias: None
Plated Slots: no Plated Edges: no
CounterSinks: no CounterBores: no
CtrSinksPlated: 0 CtrBoresPlated: 0
CtrSinksNon-Pltd: 0 CtrBoresNon-Pltd: 0
Ctrld Dielectric: no Ctrld Impedance: no
Etchback: no # Pem Nuts: 0
Order 2
| Material Type: | FR4 | Material Thickness: | 0.062 | Number of Layers: | 2 |
| First Dimension: | 2.400 | Second Dimension: | 2.200 | Finish Plating: | BB |
| First Array Dimension: | 0.000 | Second Array Dimension: | 0.000 | Array Up: | 0 |
| Copper Outers: | 1.0 | Copper Inners: | 0 | Smallest Hole Size: | 0.015 |
| Top SMD Pads: | 0 | Bottom SMD Pads: | 0 | SMD Pitch: | 0.000 |
| Solder Mask Sides: | 0 | Solder Mask Type: | LPI | Solder Mask Color: | None |
| Silkscreen Sides: | None | Silkscreen Color: | None | CNC Route Points: | 4 |
| Trace width/Space: | 0.008 | Tab Route: | No | Scoring: | No |
| Gold Fingers: | None | Plated Slots: | No | Plated Edges: | No |
| Counter Sinks: | No | Counter Bores: | No | Dielectric: | No |
| Impedance: | No | ITAR: | False | Certification: | IPC Class 2 |
| Blind/Buried Vias: | None | Micro Vias: | None | ViaInPad: | None` |
Barebones Specs
- 2-layer, FR-4, 0.062″ thick
- All-holes-plated
- 6-mil line/gap minimum
- Tin finish over 1-oz Copper
- No internal routing (cutouts) and no scoring, tab rout, or drilled hole board separations.
- Cut to rectangle shape only
- No mask
- No legend
- Min size 1.25″ X 1.25″
- Max size 12″ X 16″ (192 sq. in.)
- Gerber 274X preferred
- Excellon drill (English Units)
- Minimum hole size 0.015
- Maximum 35 drilled holes per sq. inch