8/S Replica

[Peter C. Wallace]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, jim s wrote:

> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:33:21 -0800
> From: jim s <jwstephens at msm.umr.edu>
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> Subject: Re: 8/S Replica
> 
> Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
>> From: "David Griffith":
>>> Whatever happened to that idea of building mini-flipchips with
>>> surface-mount parts?
>> 
> I'd be interested in a system that used the CF connectors to  be the edge 
> card connectors.  they should be cheap, and would hit the form factor well. 
> Both sexes are available so you could integrate the backplane with the 
> connectors prewired on a big pc board, and make gobs of the little flip chips 
> to plug in.
>
> I'd be interested in a tiny front panel with SMT LED's but don't know what 
> you'd get for the front panel switches.
>
> Jim
>



Another option is PCIExpress 1X connectors, They are cheap and more 
rugged than CF sockets, and 36 pins!

Peter Wallace