[hpsdr] Mechanical considerations for ATLAS cards

[Philip Covington]

Hi Alex,

A picture is worth a thousand words... can you draw something up so we
can see exactly what you are proposing?

73 de Phil N8VB


On 5/19/06, Alex <harvilchuck at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I've got a few points to lobby the group on mechanical factors of cards on the ATLAS bus:
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> (a) Can we modify the 100mm high by 100mm wide form factor to be 100mm high by  200mm wide?
> (b) Can we state that the card orientation method is component side AWAY from the ATX power connector
> (c) Can we modify any external connectors to be, looking at the card from the component side, on the left perpendicular side
> (d) Any intra-chassis connections/headers (JTAG, etc.) would be located on the side parallel (top side of card) to the ATLAS connector.
>
> If we did this we would have a little more area for circutry AND for us folks who want to rackmount by using off-the-shelf ATX computer cases (good 4U units are less that $120 in single quantities). Then we don't need to build a mount for the power supply, don't need to build a mount for the external connectors (just have a mounting bracket fabricated), and you can mount a LCD display in the open front drive bays.
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> Alex, N3NP
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