Don: Why did you dump the mightmite carrier and cardpc? At 05:06 PM 2/1/01 -0800, Doug Sutherland wrote: >Cyborg Unit Matt wrote: > > > I haven't gotten it yet, but from the PDF's it shows the daughter board > > is as being small, in fact only big enough to hold the needed connectors. > > It is connected to the main board with a ribbon cable > >Okay, that's basically the same as the "connector board" that my old CardPC >system used with the MightyMite carrier. If that daughter board is just a >header expansion (ie no real circuitry), then it should be trivial to ditch >the daughter board altogether and make custom cable that attach directly to >the headers on the PC-2553. The cables for PS/2, VGA, and serial ports will >be very easy. The cables for ethernet and audio will be a bit harder but >should also be doable. I can probably help you do that when you're in the >bay area in March. > >This PC-2553 sounds like a decent configuration, even with a PC/104 PCMCIA >module plugged in. Assuming that the PC-2553 is no fatter than PCM-5822 and >has a PC/104 female socket, when mated with a PCMCIA module it would be >approx 4 x 4 x 1.5 inches. That's pretty good for a multimedia setup. If a >good way to separate the CPU board from the PCMCIA card can be found, it >would be very nice indeed. I'll have to check out the PC/104 expansion >cables from Ampro (thanks Charles) to see what they look like and how bulky >they appear. Six inch expansion might now be so bad (in fact it might be >perfect) for mating two 4x4 inch modules. > > > I probably fall into #2 right now, but I've heard others (Doug mostly :) > > wanting for an easily hackable board to get rid of those big ugly > connectors. > >Standard connectors are evil for wearables. They are big and they break and >they are often hard to insert and remove. It's not hard to make custom >cables and connectors if you have the manufacturer pinouts, it's just tedious >and takes time and patience. > > > This may be it.. I'll know more later this month... > >How much $ for the PC-2553 sans daughter board? > > -- Doug > > >------------------------------------------------------------ > Grow your own Wearables: http://wearables.los-gatos.net > What I'd like is to have you call me and my jacket answers >------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >-- >Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of >"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to>Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org >please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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