I've been prototyping for some time now and never really focused on getting my projects into PCBs.
But yeah I guess you're right I can't really argue with you, I should improve my electronic design skills.
No pressure, I just think you’d enjoy yourself!
Isn't this already quite an involved electronic design project?
I could be over exposed to the wrong data but I looked at getting some board spins recently and it seems to be very expensive at the moment.
Retail Chinese PCB fabs are up a bit, PCBA like macrofab seems up a lot.
I got some PCBs made a couple of years ago from JLCPCB and it wasn't that expensive, with shipping, 5 boards of small size (cheapest ones, not suitable for every project) was about €10 or €12.
Of course for hobbyists who are going to need several tries it makes it expensive, still it's a lot cheaper than before where I could only get PCBs for a much higher price.
Well, one can try repairing faulty pcbs and save some €€€. I do it always for expensive pcbs. For 2 layers it is not hard, more layers require small drills to break connections in vias.
Doesn't necessarily work if you need impedance control for high-speed signals.
Couple of years ago was before current shortages, they seem to be effecting the price.