On Monday, 17 June 2019 13:15:18 CET Paul Boddie wrote:
On Monday 17. June 2019 08.40.22 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
repo that i started 6 years ago: http://git.rhombus-tech.net/?p=eoma.git;a=summary
I'll send you that, trying to remember the preferred form of the exported key this time. ;-)
Currently, the above repository is only available securely via the following address:
https://git.hands.com/?p=eoma.git;a=summary
Meanwhile, I updated the wiki page describing PCMCIA/CardBus component details:
https://rhombus-tech.net/pcmcia_sources/
(Thanks for Phil for fixing the wiki!)
One interesting thing that came up, given the conversation that was had over two years ago, was this product and corresponding brochure about PC Card casings and tooling:
https://www.ittcannon.com/products/starcard-snappy/
https://www.ittcannon.com/Core/medialibrary/ITTCannon/website/Literature/ Catalogs-Brochures/PC_Card_Final.pdf?ext=.pdf
On page 37 of the brochure, there are some pictures of the tools that would be used to facilitate assembly and disassembly. I seem to remember complaints about assembly, and I found some remarks on this list from back in 2017...
"the litkconn P/N 68F casework basically is a "total disassmbly" job. it's a pain in the ass and takes several minutes."
http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2017-May/013788.html
In the crowdfunding updates, the awkwardness of assembly is also mentioned here:
"Additionally, I am considering sending out the PCB and casework unassembled, with full and precise assembly instructions for backers to follow. It’s not hard: it just needs to be done very carefully. This will save a considerable amount of time and money, as the cards casework will need hand-assembly (quantity 1,000)."
https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/pcbs-and-components...
So, I guess that with the above product family, one would want to invest in that tooling as well as the actual products, just to do things as the manufacturer intended. It is an interesting insight into part of the process that goes into making the product.
I also had a bit more luck searching for product documentation today and also found this:
https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Hirose%20PDFs/NX1.pdf
The product itself is about to be discontinued, but there's an interesting pictorial assembly guide including a picture of an assembly jig.
Paul