[sebhc] H8 hardware request - docs, info

Tom Uban uban at ubanproductions.com
Mon Apr 12 12:51:48 CDT 2004


At 10:28 AM 4/12/2004 -0700, you wrote:

> > PS There might be interest in the H8-10. I do have 1 card left that I
> > would trade for an H8-17 drive controller.
> > A new H8-10 card would not be difficult to design, but it would be
> > necessary to get a PCB house to create the board. I make a number of 2
> > sided printed circuit boards, but the largest blank board that I have
> > found is 6 x 9. I use Positive Photo Resist boards.
>
>Carroll, I've had pretty good luck with ExpressPCB (.com) for simple
>designs, and I think this would qualify.  They give you schematic capture
>and layout software as well (free, not great, but you don't have to spend
>$$$ on Eagle or whatever if you're just trying to get a small design done
>for hobby stuff).  They do quantity discounts.

I've used ExpressPCB as well and they are quite reasonable for small
prototype one-off projects. Although I already have the Eagle layout
tools, the ExpressPCB tools are trivial to use.

>Also, as an aside but somewhat related, I've done a few things with
>emachineshop.com for cases, bezels, and other metalware (they also do
>plastics and cardboard).

I'm curious about your emachineshop.com experiences. Do you have any
pics of what you've had done with related costs?

--tom 

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