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On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 7:22 PM, Benson Mitchell benson.mitchell+arm-netbook@gmail.com wrote:
Could you modify the casework and put the microSD sideways, so it's only accessible when the card is not in a housing, and then have room for all the connectors?
not without custom casework (near-total redesign) or a top-loading micro-sd, with cutting a hole in the case and arranging (sourcing) a cover... no.
I guess custom casework would be expensive,
yes.
and could only make sense for high volume, but I just wondered if it even looks technically possible.
the litkconn casework is a plastic frame with metal that is curved (curled) at the long edges, which clip in to the grooves along the plastic frame.
if you try to do side-slotting along that you not only have tto cut the plastic frame but also the metal casework, which is massively complex and not very strong.
top-loading would make sense but... honestly you'd just be better off dropping the on-board microsd and replacing it with eMMC, with all the associated problems that that brings (risk of bricking, requiring special recovery).
l.