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Proto vs. Production: What’s the Difference?
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Deciding whether you need to order your printed circuit board as a prototype or as a
production board is simply a matter of looking at the specs. Prototypes or “protos”
are built within the guidelines of our established spec parameters. Production orders
are built with strict adherence to your fabrication specifications.
Quantity doesn’t matter. We will make as few as one pcb as either a proto or production
order. No order is too small for us!
Quality is the same. All prototypes and production orders go through the same rigourous
fabrication and quality check process.
Turnaround time is the same. We can produce your production order just as quickly as
our prototypes, even creating them in one day if needed.
Order Production if you require:
Non-plated holes
Plated slots/edges
Soldermask color other than green
Legend color other than white
UL Markings
Controlled Dielectric/Impedance
Inner layer Cu. wt. greater than 1 oz.
Blind/buried Vias
Countersinks/counterbores
Gold plating finish (total board)
"We never charge tooling on proto orders. In addition, when you re-order your proto and go to production, we waive the tooling charge again!"
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