February 5, 200917 yr This is a screenshot of the duals portion of the board. Reorienting them into back to back (quad?) would not be easy... Just to contrast, this is the group buy Dynalo board that does allow zip sockets (U1-U4). Pads are still too small in general however.
February 5, 200917 yr FWIW I might be in for a couple of chassis and some other bits to use on a different project in addition to stuffing 4 boards for someone else.
February 5, 200917 yr Author Pads are still too small in general however. same ring gauge as AMB uses I believe
February 5, 200917 yr same ring gauge as AMB uses I believe And the beta boards can be a bitch in that regard too.
February 5, 200917 yr Author After thinking much about it, I propose that the "cost" for stuffing 2 boards should be 1 stuffed board in return. In Nate's case, I'm not sure what exactly will happen, but I think we should just force him to take the two stuffed boards and he can do with them as he sees fit. This will be more meaningful after a final cost is worked up, but I'd like this to the starting point.
February 5, 200917 yr same ring gauge as AMB uses I believe I don't really care who uses it... the point is they are too small and there is no valid reason for doing them this way, other than the default libraries of whatever layout package being used have them this way I'd volunteer to do the layout but I only have the free copy of Eagle and it won't do a large enough board for this.
February 5, 200917 yr After thinking much about it, I propose that the "cost" for stuffing 2 boards should be 1 stuffed board in return. In Nate's case, I'm not sure what exactly will happen, but I think we should just force him to take the two stuffed boards and he can do with them as he sees fit. This will be more meaningful after a final cost is worked up, but I'd like this to the starting point. You mean like if someone stuffs 2 boards for say me, I cover the cost of parts which equate to a stuffed board for the stuffer? That works for me
February 5, 200917 yr After thinking much about it, I propose that the "cost" for stuffing 2 boards should be 1 stuffed board in return. In Nate's case, I'm not sure what exactly will happen, but I think we should just force him to take the two stuffed boards and he can do with them as he sees fit. This will be more meaningful after a final cost is worked up, but I'd like this to the starting point. Seems reasonable.
February 5, 200917 yr <snip>In Nate's case, I'm not sure what exactly will happen, but I think we should just force him to take the two stuffed boards and he can do with them as he sees fit. This will be more meaningful after a final cost is worked up, but I'd like this to the starting point.Don't spend much time worrying about me, I'm sure we can come up with something. I'm not convinced that when folks see the actual cost that you'll need me to build anything. Ahh, the misconception that DIY is cheap...(not talking about you grawk) I don't really care who uses it... the point is they are too small and there is no valid reason for doing them this way, other than the default libraries of whatever layout package being used have them this way I'd volunteer to do the layout but I only have the free copy of Eagle and it won't do a large enough board for this.I errrmmm, may have access to a copy of Eagle that you could, ermmm, like use and such.
February 5, 200917 yr Author I'd volunteer to do the layout but I only have the free copy of Eagle and it won't do a large enough board for this. Break the mold and use diptrace. Everyone's doing it. Sensible defaults to boot!
February 5, 200917 yr Author As for other group buys tagged on to this, I'll leave that up to whomever gets assigned that particular piece of the build. Still working out the assignments
February 5, 200917 yr Break the mold and use diptrace. Everyone's doing it. Sensible defaults to boot! Does the Freeware version have a board size limit, or just the 250 pins?
February 5, 200917 yr Still working out the assignments You might consider geographic proximity, since these suckers will probably be pretty heavy!
February 5, 200917 yr Does the Freeware version have a board size limit, or just the 250 pins? Freeware Eagle will only do a 100x80mm board (~4"x3.2"). I need something that runs on a Mac also, ruling diptrace out (I believe??).
February 5, 200917 yr Author Does the Freeware version have a board size limit, or just the 250 pins? just a pin limit.
February 5, 200917 yr I guess a PSU sub-thread should be considered as well (number of orders/parts/cost, etc.)
February 5, 200917 yr I guess a PSU sub-thread should be considered as well (number of orders/parts/cost, etc.) How about just getting them from here?
February 5, 200917 yr How about just getting them from here? For the # we would be buying I think there would be a significant price savings buying the parts direct. Break the mold and use diptrace. Everyone's doing it. Sensible defaults to boot! I concur. If Kevin is willing to share the board files we may be able to import them and save a bit of time making new boards from scratch. Edited February 5, 200917 yr by naamanf
February 5, 200917 yr As for other group buys tagged on to this, I'll leave that up to whomever gets assigned that particular piece of the build. Still working out the assignments I'm definitely willing to organize and do some of the purchasing/distribution if you need people for that.
February 5, 200917 yr Output export types are bitmap (no holes seem to show thru) metafile (never figured out how to use this) dxf (don't have autocad) eps vector (useless as far as i can tell) overlay (not even sure what this is)
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