For future board version(s) I will get a price quote from a local shop, since for me shipping costs form Australia to US and then to Europe add up quite a bit. However for this round is best to test identical set-ups in order to minimize board and components influence in the results.
Here's a picture of the nice shiny board I've been using for my DIY fuel injection controller (mega-squirt project v2):
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