Originally Posted by martinw  Many thanks for that. I stopped doing prototypes in my ferric chloride tank when the one-off Eurocard price got below £70. £17 plus shipping???? I'm gasping. |
It used to be $25 until RoHS and he had to start gold plating. He also tacks on VAT if you're in the union
Can't afford to make quantity anything in the UK but fortunately my main product was picked up by a company in Kowloon. Less fortunately I got cloned in Taiwan but they didn't do it so well.
Not for quantity, Olimex is really one off bargains. OTOH I do use them for a little interface card. I get 40+ from his standard panel plus an extra £1.65 for exceeding his 500 hole limit
You have to jump through all his hoops if you want to shop, this was my last $33 panel...