RS-232 to Diag. Connector PC Board

[Traurig, Scott R]

I've got the right tools, but even so your point below is exactly why I
don't want to drill them (just my own :-). I hadn't thought about doing them
at a pro place, I was just going to etch them at home. The list is up to
about 15 boards now, if it gets much bigger I may revert to simply
facilitating a commercial run of them, as you suggest.

st

98.5 A4 1.8TQ

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Orin Eman [mailto:orin at drizzle.com]
Sent:	Saturday, 08 December, 2001 18:13

> Would anyone be interested in the PC board shown at
> http://www.planetfall.com/~jeff/obdii/ ?
>
> I was just going to whip one together on a perf-board, but if there is
> sufficient interest I might consider doing up a batch of printed circuit
> boards. I'm guessing, but I would say the cost would be something like $10
> ea. They would be trimmed but undrilled.

If you are getting that much interest, I'd have them done at AP Circuits.
Looks like less than $10 each in quantity 10, assuming the board is about
1.5 x 2".  I'd take at least 2 at that price.

BTW IMO, drilling is a problem.  Not many have the wire size drills
required.
I can do it, but there again, I can etch the board too...  the two
abilities tend to go together.  I wouldn't recommend drilling such
a board without a drill press and 1/8" shank carbide bits.  IME,
you just break too many expensive drill bits if you try with say a Dremel.

Orin.