[NTLK] Mechanical details for internal serial slot card

[Bhavishya Goel]

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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