28 Jun
2012
28 Jun
'12
11:43 a.m.
Yes, I realised after sending the email that I would
really need the PCB
side of things. I think there are kits for making one-off PCBs, so I could
Yes, there are home etching kits, but making edge conenctor patters is
not trivial. Layign them out and etchign them is, but if you leave them
as bae copper they will oxidise fast and you'll get poor connections.
Tinnign them helps, but the best thign to do is gold-plate them and
that's not somethign you can sensibly do at home (the chemicals involved
are very toxic -- cyanides, for example). Not all PCB manufacturers can
do gold plating either.
Of your experiments, I think I'd use a couple of ribbon cabels ending i
nthe 2-row header sockets (easy to get too). Those will plug onto most
controller boards in place of the cabels ending in edge connectors that
went to the drive. Then you wouldn't need a special PCB at all.
-tony