Re: gEDA-user: fitting a board into a chassis

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:18:20 -0400, gene glick wrote:

> What's your opinion on this?  In this application, there are connectors
> on the front and rear of the box.

Depends on the number of PCBs to be made. Is is goiing to be mass produced,
or just a few prototypes?

 
> 1) Make the board large enough that the connectors are in the 
> correct positions.
> 
> or
> 
> 2) Make 2 cards, one smaller that fits snuggly against the back, for
> example and then a 2nd small board for the front connectors.  Then,
> cable the 2 cards together.
> 
> In (1), I am worried that the tolerances of the card and box will make
> fitting it difficult.
> 
> In (2), I don't like the additional board + cables.

You might connect the two PCBs with no cable in between. These connectors
allow for about 2mm tolerance:

http://www.reichelt.de/?ARTICLE=22827
http://www.reichelt.de/?ARTICLE=51851

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