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[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Jul 19, 2009, at 11:27 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
wrote:

>> Turns out, the method I was going to use to connect the
>> control surface with the mainboard isn't going to work as well as I
>> hoped. So I am going back to the standard way of doing it, which will
>> require a different type of cabling (100 Mil cable over 50 Mil IDC
>> cable).
>
> I would like to see your interconnect system some time.. I've done a  
> bit of
> high density interconnect design stuff.  I would like to see what  
> they have
> designed and what you're using.

The original design calls for basically no connectors - the wire is  
soldered directly onto the board. Might sound crazy but the 100 Mil  
cabling matches quite well and it seems to be heavier duty and, of all  
the solutions I have seen to this problem, seems to be the cleanest  
design.

I was going to use right hangle pin headers and, while that still  
could work, the clearance is so small on the front of the PT-10 case  
that things would get really cramped. So much so that I was worried I  
might eventually cause a short by the cabling getting cut on a solder  
joint or something like that.

Tim