PCI PCB
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
housing etc.
Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
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krw
dirk....@gmail.com says...>
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
> connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
Are you going to use the PCI interface, or just steal power?
Eeyore
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
> connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
Why not put a PCI edge connector on the board itself ? That's what I'd do.
Don't forget how the plating's done. You need tiny fingers from each trace
that's a pad and they all need to be connected together. The board profiling
removes them.
Graham
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
For now, just steal the power.
But maybe put an i/f on later
TTman
"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated connectors?
> Is that the best way to do it?
>
> --
> Dirk
Just buy a cheap PCI card.strip off the junk chips. Bolt on your pcb and
wire up power. That'as the prototype sorted.
David L. Jones
wrote:
> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
> connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
>
> --
> Dirk
A basic Google for "PCI prototype card" bought up stuff like this:
http://www.costronic.com/Ev71pkit.htm
Cheap and easy to roll your own as well and get it custom
manufactured.
Dave.
Robert Baer
> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
> connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
>
Onesies from makers like Vector are not cheap, but they do have a lot
of holes and support traces (gnd, supply) - all of which makes them
expensive.
Maybe pre-plan a "basic" layout and have a number of boards made -
then mask, etch and drill them for each particular use?
krw
<dirk....@gmail.com> wrote:
>krw wrote:
>> In article <6sndk3F...@mid.individual.net>,
>> dirk....@gmail.com says...>
>>> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
>>> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
>>> housing etc.
>>>
>>> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated
>>> connectors? Is that the best way to do it?
>>
>> Are you going to use the PCI interface, or just steal power?
>
>For now, just steal the power.
As others have suggested, there are development boards available.
IIRC, some are completly blank. Some are *expensive* though. You'll
have to buy one with the footprints you need, which may get quite
expensive, or not.
>But maybe put an i/f on later
You'll likely have to decide that up front. I've seen some with
PCI->ISA bridges, which should make interfacing easier.
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
Well, this circuit is going to have to be redesigned for a number of
apps, so that may not be too bad.
Frithiof Jensen
"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk....@gmail.com> skrev i meddelelsen
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> Thinking about the convenience of running a custom design on a PCB and
> fitting it to the PCI slot on a PC, just for convenience of voltage,
> housing etc.
>
> Are there any manufacturers that sell blanks with gold plated connectors?
> Is that the best way to do it?
Your favorite PCB design tool may have a symbol (and if it is good a stack
of VHDL for the interface logic too) already setup.