PCB Design work Questions

[ggarms]

Hey guys,

I know this is a question that has been asked a million times, but can anyone give me an idea of the going rate for PCB design? A friend and I have a budding small operation, and while I don't expect (or really want, for that matter) to ever turn a profit beyond financing personal builds, I do think it would be cool to have our own PCB's.  I am looking into outsourcing PCB design, as eagle isn't a mountain I have quite conquered yet. I know a lot of you guys are fully capable, so I figured I'd ask what the process is and what a typical fee structure looks like. I know a lot of this is based on the kind of design, eg. delay VS a opamp booster. Can anyone fill me in?

[copachino]

Hey guys,

I know this is a question that has been asked a million times, but can anyone give me an idea of the going rate for PCB design? A friend and I have a budding small operation, and while I don't expect (or really want, for that matter) to ever turn a profit beyond financing personal builds, I do think it would be cool to have our own PCB's.  I am looking into outsourcing PCB design, as eagle isn't a mountain I have quite conquered yet. I know a lot of you guys are fully capable, so I figured I'd ask what the process is and what a typical fee structure looks like. I know a lot of this is based on the kind of design, eg. delay VS a opamp booster. Can anyone fill me in?

i dont quite understand, do you need an advice or help to desing the pcb??... im not so good at eagle but the autoruter its the best when you are not so good to make your traces by hand..

[gtr2]

Everyone has there own method to the madness...there really isn't a "going rate" in my opinion.

[wgc]

From what I've seen at my day job its about $35-45 an hour on the cheap end

[GrindCustoms]

I'd invite you to contact us, we've been doing custom pcb jobs for many known boutique builders and more.

What we offer is a "key in hand" service wich mean that you get your production files once the layout is physicaly tested and verified.

We do have à fixed rate on certain types of jobs and it's really affordable.

Shoot me an email at grindcustoms at gmail dot com if you're interested.

Rej