[hpsdr] Searching for DIN 41612 connectors / PROTeus - Prototyping Board

[Scott Cowling]

Hi Henry,

As Joe has already suggested, this is a good use for the Pinocchio 
extender.  I have been building HPSDR systems since the beginning, 
and I have never found a good use for the extender. :-)

The kit from TAPR comes with the connector that you need, and you can 
use the Pinocchio PCB to mount your prototype board.  You could glue 
a piece of PCB to the extender and use "ugly" construction. Or you 
could build your circuit on perf board and use some double-sided 
sticky tape to hold it to the extender. In either case, you can then 
wire up the Atlas pins to your circuit.

It remains to be seen whether or not the long stubs introduced by the 
traces on Pinocchio will adversely affect the signal integrity on the 
Atlas bus.  You may have to cut some traces on Pinocchio to correct 
this problem (if it really is a problem).

73,
Scotty WA2DFI

At 21:36 2010-09-09 +0200, Henry Vredegoor wrote:
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>  Hi All,
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>DIN 41612 connectors
>I am thinking of doing some simple (hardware-) experiments using the
>Atlas backplane as a basis.
>
>Finding a good and cheap source for the used 96 pole (3 row) connectors
>type DIN41612, without minimum ordering quantity penalties and so on, is
>a problem; e.g. on Ebay this is a rare item  (usually a good place to
>look for cheap offers on electronic components)
>Does anybody maybe have these lying around and is willing to part from
>them and sell me a couple of these?
>
>Proteus
>I found on the HPSDR Wiki page a proposed future Atlas prototype board
>called Proteus by Phil, N8VB but I don't think he is interested /
>involved in OpenHPSDR anymore....?
>
>Are there any developments going on to make Proteus in some form or
>another a reality soon?
>
>I the meantime I think a DIN41612 connector and a good quality Eurocard
>size (160 X 100 mm) FR4 perforated experiment board would make for  a
>good and simple starter kit as an interim solution.
>(If possible made available by TAPR at a reasonable price)
>
>Another question would be if TAPR would be prepared to sell these
>connector types in small quantities for low key users/experimenters like
>me in the spirit of promoting experimenting?
>
>Would more people be interested in something like this?
>
>73's,
>
>Henry - PA0HJA.
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