Re: Small proto boxes with LCD and buttons?

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:05:03 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello Martin,
>
>> how about
>> http://www.pactecenclosures.com/
>
>Thanks. We have used their stuff before. Nice. The problem is that there
>won't be any LCD or buttons. Doing that in a contract setting adds a lot
>of cost. Also, the minute you want something as mundane as a battery
>holder in there the pricing shoots up to several Dollars. Like this one:
>http://www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/RC-24-9VB_2AA.html
>
>Regards, Joerg
>
>http://www.analogconsultants.com
As you said, a diiffcult situation.
I did notice that pactec have a custom site somewhere on their page.

In the past the company I meddle with used Bopla, (a dreadful
website) for small runs, with membrane keyboards, with a transparent
section covering the LCD They weren't too expensive, but it was a few
years ago

Maybe we need an Olimex/pcbexpress for boxes


martin
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