From: itodroid <ito...@gm...> - 2012-01-13 15:06:31
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Simon, Depending on your definition of "some distance", you may have a challenge on your hands. We switched from the 3" cable to a 6" cable and immediately found that there were EMI/noise issues. While shielding does help, I'm not sure if it scales to your distance. (Thank you, Reynolds Wrap Heavy Duty Aluminum foil) FYI, we used Gumstix's recommendation of contacting Flexconn (www.flexconn.com.tw). They also have a shielded version of the FFC cable that we are looking into using as well. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Knopp [mailto:sim...@pg...] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:28 PM To: General mailing list for gumstix users. Subject: [Gumstix-users] Long camera cable Hi all, The application I'm working on requires a camera module to be connected at some distance from the gumstix. I've had a look around and found several 27 pin FFC connectors but not cable. Does anyone know of a source for this kind of cable? Or is it likely I'd have to get something custom made? On a related note, does anyone have any experience with or guesses about how long I could make that cable before running into trouble? Thanks :) Simon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |