[NTLK] Mechanical details for internal serial slot card

[Bhavishya Goel]

Can someone send me the allegro/eagle/etc footprint file for this connector?

Thanks
Bhavi

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca> wrote:

> I was wrong, as stated by James, the connector is a JAE part.
>
> The part number is JAE    IL-WX-32PB-VF-BE
>
> The connector has a pin spacing of 0.8mm. You have to know where it is so
> that you can get the mounting holes and external connector in the proper
> positions. A ruler isn't going to cut it. You should be as precise as
> possible with your measurements.
>
> I ended up sacrificing one of my 2100s for my experiments. If it gets blown
> up, thats the price of experimentation.
>
> A
>
>
> On 2010-June-16, at 9:04 PM, Bhavishya Goel wrote:
>
> > Thanks Andrei. Do you know what is the part number of hirose connector?
> And,
> > I can get the shape and size of the board using micrometer but what about
> > the position of the connector? Won't it be too risky to employ micrometer
> > for getting connector position right?
> >
> > Bhavi
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The connector was available from Hirose (I believe) a while back, I know
> >> this because I bought about 300.
> >>
> >> There is very little room behind your slot car(d). You have to use a
> number
> >> 2 (I believe) thread forming screw to hold the board down, but if the
> head
> >> of the screw is too big it will cause the back of the case to crack
> (anybody
> >> have this??? a show of hands please).
> >>
> >> There is no documentation for the shape of the board, but you can figure
> >> out the parameters by taking a newt apart, use a micrometer to measure
> >> everything and do a sketch. Watch out for the capacitors that stick up.
> >>
> >> You will find that most of your components will have to go on the
> underside
> >> of your board because the back spacing is so small. Watch out for the
> >> capacitors that stick up.
> >>
> >> Andrei
> >>
> >> On 2010-June-16, at 11:42 AM, Bhavishya Goel wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I want to make an internal serial slot car for Newton. The Newton
> Serial
> >>> Slot designer's guide at unna.org (
> >>> http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/documentation/n2platform/n2-issdg.pdf)
> >> talks
> >>> about the mechanical details but doesn't really show them. Does anyone
> >> here
> >>> have any idea about the mechanical details of the card and the serial
> >> slot
> >>> mating connector?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Bhavi
> >>
> >>
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