My memories of a bloody back of hands are coming back.
We did the same with grant cards. Made a bacth of longer ones, and then
updated again by going three wide, the 3rd just for stability.
Remember the DEC FE seeing them one day, made him very happy by giving him
a few of them.
-pete
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Guy Sotomayor <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
I just received the first of the BC11A paddle boards
(so that I can now
create my own BC11A cables). I made two variants of the boards. One where
the cables come out the ?top? and another where the cables come out the
?side? (so you don?t have to ?fold? the cable in a number of different
applications such as RK05s).
The ones that arrived today are the S or ?side? variation (as opposed to
the T or ?top? variation). I immediately noticed (why I didn?t see this
when I was reviewing the board layout previously I?ll never know) is that
one of the cable connectors is too close to the edge. It wouldn?t be a
problem except that I chose to use connectors that have cable retention
latches. The latches protrude from the board edge by ~0.02?. So once I
verify that these work, I?ll move the one connector inward ~0.5?. I have
plenty of space, I just don?t know why I put the connector that close to
the edge. *sigh*. For these boards, I?ll probably just file the latch
down a bit to get the appropriate clearance.
BTW, trying to get the connectors onto the board (I haven?t soldered them
in yet) was tight. That?s the problem with trying to get 60 pins to all
line up correctly. But they fit and are *snug*. I probably won?t go and
do any testing until I get the other boards in so it may be a couple more
weeks (the boards weren?t supposed to *ship* before 2/8).
For those who?d like to know, I probably will not be making a production
run of these boards unless I get a *lot* of interest (100 boards or so).
If you want some, let me know and if I get enough interest, I?ll do a
production run.
TTFN - Guy