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Re: [Gumstix-users] Power & USB connections
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From: Andrew H. <And...@ge...> - 2008-03-26 08:14:26
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Amen to that! Drew -----Original Message----- From: gum...@li... [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Levi Scott Sent: 26 March 2008 01:02 To: General mailing list for gumstix users. Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Power & USB connections It would be great if you could add those pictures and a little about the materials and process on the user wiki http://gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 12:32 -0700, Torchris wrote: > Hi Drew, > > I am thinking that is probably the simplest approach. I have seen references > to the power connector being available from Digikey, so I will look into > that. I probably have room in the case for batteries, but that is down the > road. > > I made the case out of fiberglass and West System epoxy resin > (www.westsystem.com). This is incredibly tough, but also very easy to > machine, drill & tap etc. To make internal supports I used Shapelock > (www.shapelock) which is a mouldable high density plastic that is easily > shaped by hand at low temperature but is hard as a rock when cooled. > > If folks are interested, I will post a gallery of photos of the process > somewhere public. > > > Andrew Higginson wrote: > > > > Even though I've posted a number of times without a single reply yet, > > I'll give it a go. > > > > Have you thought about getting a usb mini extension then snipping it > > down and mounting one end in the case, then getting a suitable power > > connector from an electronics store and linking it up to the console > > board (very easy once you have the connector). You could even put a > > lithium battery charger circuit in there and mount the power IN socket > > on the case and hook the system power output to the power IN on the > > consoleLCD board. > > > > I don't suppose you solved my problem with your setup have you? Managed > > to get everything to line up on top of each other so the netwifi doesn't > > hang over the edge of the screen? > > > > How did you make your case? I'm moving gradually away from the idea of > > paying a premade case as there's so many variables in this kind of > > system layout. > > > > Regards, > > Drew > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gum...@li... > > [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of > > Torchris > > Sent: 25 March 2008 15:18 > > To: gum...@li... > > Subject: [Gumstix-users] Power & USB connections > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am working on building a case for my verdex-netwifimicrosd-LCD console > > combo. I have something that I am reasonably happy with (although my > > wife > > thinks it looks like the Professor from Gilligan's Island built it out > > of > > coconuts). See images below (if the image insert feature on Nabble > > works): > > > > http://www.nabble.com/file/p16275901/IMG_3121_resave.jpg > > > > http://www.nabble.com/file/p16275901/IMG_3125_resave.jpg > > > > It will look better once it is painted! > > > > My problem is I have this ugly cutout in order to reach the power & USB > > connectors on the LCD Console board. Can anyone suggest an easy way to > > break > > these out to connectors I can mount on the case? Can these be broken out > > from the Console LCD or off of the Verdex itself? I have poked around > > Nabble > > & the Wiki but not found a very clear explanation of how to do this. No > > doubt others would also be interested. > > > > thanks, > > > > Chris Armour > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://www.nabble.com/Power---USB-connections-tp16275901p16275901.html > > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > - > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > Genesis Communications Limited. 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