mini size of the board from GP

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Hi there,

Does anybody know the minimum size of a board that the goldphonixpc.com will accept to produce?

For example what is the minimum size? 1x1cm, 2x2cm, 3x3cm…?

I could not find it on their website and they did not respond to my inquiry.

How much do they charge for depanelization? Thanks

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Well, I know they will do at least 2cmx2cm because I had a batch made a few months ago. Usually, they will V-score and “snap” them up for you if you don’t specify anything else. However, on the batch of 2x2 boards, they v-scored them and sent as a whole panel. I had to snap them myself, but that wasn’t a big deal for me.

Sometimes I request them to be panelized and V-scored, but left in tact for assembly reasons.

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rpcelectronics:
Well, I know they will do at least 2cmx2cm because I had a batch made a few months ago. Usually, they will V-score and “snap” them up for you if you don’t specify anything else. However, on the batch of 2x2 boards, they v-scored them and sent as a whole panel. I had to snap them myself, but that wasn’t a big deal for me.

Sometimes I request them to be panelized and V-scored, but left in tact for assembly reasons.

Jason,

Thanks for your response. If a board is V-scored, do you need a tool to separate the boards? Will the board edges will be smooth and professional looking or rough? Will the V-scored board be easy to snap? how do you do it? Do you happen to have an image of the edges of a snapped board? Thanks.

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Just snapped apart V-score is usually somewhat rough and needs to be sanded/filed down. You can easily do it on the edge of a table.

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Yeah, I have to admit the edges are a bit rough, BUT not bad. At least, V-scored boards from Gold Phoenix.

It seems like everytime I have somthing V-Scored, its a small board that will be inside of a DB9 housing or heatshrunk and the edges are not that much of a big deal.

Like suggested above, a table edge and a fine rasp or file will clean them right up.

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I have had some quite small boards done by them without problems.

They recently (this week) sent me some spare panels for the bigger PCB/assembly run they are doing for me. These boards are 10x13mm.

A few things to note;

Smaller boards they will vscore them and leave them in the panel.

On small boards they will usually disregard any radiused edges, so expect to get straight vscore boards.