Producing Perfect Purple PCBs Promptly

Professional grade fabrication, at a hobbyist price

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Proudly serving the open hardware community, helping hobbyists, tinkerers, and businesses bring their ideas to life.

High Quality

High precision boards suitable for industrial, aerospace, and medical applications, ready to plug into your weekend project.

Made in the USA

Our purple boards are manufactured in the USA and shipped free to anywhere in the world.

Our latest blog articles

Winners of Hackaday’s Data Loggin’ Contest

May 1st, 2021
The votes for Hackaday’s Data Loggin’ Contest have been received, saved to SD, pushed out to MQTT, and graphed. Now it’s time to announce the three...

Larry Berg and the Purple Open Passion Project

April 30th, 2021
It all started with an 88-ton Arburg RP300 injection molding machine in the basement, and a bit of inattention. Larry Berg wanted a couple custom p...

Logic Gates Puzzle 1 on Lucky Resistor

April 29th, 2021
What kind of logic circuit do you see here? This logic circuit was optimised for symmetry and art. Can you see which function is implemented in thi...

New Policy Brief on Open Hardware for Science

April 28th, 2021
From the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) blog: New Policy Brief on Open Hardware for Science The Wilson Center’s Science and Technology In...

Our newest Services

After Dark

Black substrate and clear mask
3 copies for $5/square inch
ships in 12-21 days

Flex

Thin and flexible 2-layer boards
3 copies for $10/square inch
ships in 12-21 days

All fabrication services

We produce high quality bare printed circuit boards, focused on the needs of prototyping, hobby design, and light production. All our services offer purple soldermask over bare copper (SMOBC) and an Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG) finish. These are suitable for a lead-free reflow process, and are RoHS compliant.