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Dave McGuire wrote:
: 
:   Hey folks.  Has anyone here used ITEAD (http://www.iteadstudio.com/) for
: PCB prototyping runs?  I was wondering how good they are, and if they digest
: PCB's gerbers ok.

	I have used ITEAD, twice in the last year or so. I had no problems
with quality. The second time they have even handled my panelized design
(two 24x50mm boards ordered as a 50x50mm service). They have even made
the slot between the boards themselves, and the short place where the boards
remained joined (about 8 mm) was further weakened by two rows of tiny drilled
holes, which was even better than I expected. This is despite they (and
seedstudio as well) forbid the panelized designs in their own documentation.

	As for the manufacturing and shipping time, the first time
it took about 17 days altogether, 7 of which was shipping. The second
time I hit the Chinese holidays, so the manufacturing took about
three weeks (two of them being the holidays), and the subsequent
holidays-caused rush at Hong Kong Post delayed the shipping by more
than a month. So I have received my boards almost two months after
placing the order (Feb 25 to Apr 19, IIRC).

	I have also used their open source service: the first time
I have received a memory expansion board for Arduino, and ITEAD studio
demo board. The second time I have got a PCB without any hint what its
purpose might be, I think it is a BLDC motor controller.
The photos of the boards received the first time are there:

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/blog/index.cgi/personal/printed-circuit-boards.html
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/blog/pcb.jpg

	Hope this helps,

-Yenya

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