It's not really a tutorial, but there are some nice tips here: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/practical...

For a prototype PCB fab, http://www.oshpark.com is my favorite.

This is actually a real good guide to go along with your link, which is also good -- it mentioned Kelvin sensing as the second item, haha -- for young players: http://physics111.lib.berkeley.edu/Physics111/BSC/Readings/O... Don't expect to be designing 6 layer stack-ups or anything but this + Horwitz might get someone up to speed fairly quickly

Has anyone here done Chris Gammell's Context Electronics? https://contextualelectronics.com/

I took his class and really enjoyed it. By the end of it you'll be confident with KiCAD and likely be working on your own collection of parts and footprints (e.g. https://github.com/pepaslabs/KiCADParts). He also gives beginners good insight into how to read datasheets, how to select parts on digikey, etc. Making boards like this will be easy for you: https://github.com/pepaslabs/ProgrammableLM317

Edit: Also, supporting any of his efforts makes you feel good, considering all he has contributed to the EE hobbyist community (contextualelectronics.com, kicad.info, the Amp Hour podcast, etc.). He and Dave Jones (EEVBlog) are the superstars of the hobbyist community.

Good advice here. I haven't used KiCad yet, though this thread might finally spur me to try it. I've been using a super simple program called FreePCB for really simple analog stuff that can be routed by hand.

The thing that gets sent to the board fab is a set of files in "Gerber" format. So, the Gerbers are your last chance to confirm that the boards will be what you want. I suggest using a Gerber viewing program and look carefully at all of the files to make sure that they agree with your conception of what you expect the board to look like.

Finally, whatever fab house you choose, read all of their instructions and design rules, both to confirm that your board has a chance of being made, and because it's educational.

I've been happy with www.pcbfabrication.com for several runs of boards. I know people who go to a different house for every order, shopping around for the best price, but that just adds one more level of effort and worry for me. So I'm loyal to a good supplier.

I'm not sure about resources for learning how to design PCBs; I was lucky and had direct instruction from a very experienced ECE. However, I would like to note that I had great experiences with 4pcb.com/Advanced Circuits for small (1-5 board) batch production. The prices are definitely not as cheap as outsourced PCBs but the turnaround time is great (a couple of days). I even called them up at 3:30 A.M. EST and reached an engineer on the manufacturing line that was eager to answer my questions! When I used them, their student discounts were very attractive. Even earlier than that, they used to hand out free pizza coupons to student customers! :)

This is a pretty good and quick read from Dave at the eevblog: http://www.smitselectronics.com/assets/files/Library/PCB%20D...

This one is good: https://www.udemy.com/learn-kicad-printed-circuit-board-desi...

Thank you!