Panel Sizes - revised

[Ken Stone]

I've looked through all postings on panel sizes, and here are the results
and my thoughts on them. This started out as a discussion on the panel size
for the modules Paul S. was proposing.

Module Panel sizes gathered so far.

Digisound
  Panel 9x3 inches.  228 mm X 76 mm 
  PCBs are 160mm in length with widths varying from 50 to 120mm.

Roland System 100m
  Panel  104 mm wide 230 mm high
 199 mm deep 
 mounting centers 5 mm in from each end
 useable height of 205 mm allowing 2mm clearance to top and bottom of rack.

Moog modules
  Panel  2.125 inches wide and 8.75 inches tall. (or multiples)

Serge
 Panels are 7" tall by 17" wide.

Buchla 100 / 200 series
  Panels are
  7"x17"
  7"x8.5"
  7"x4.25"


Suggested sizes.

Heights (multiples of 44.45mm or 1.75, the 1U rack standard)
  222mm / 8.75" high  (5 rack units high) - Moog 
  178mm / 7" high  (4 rack units high) - Buchla/Serge

Width. 
  Single unit 54mm / 2 1/8" (53mm*) Compatible with Moog and Buchla (in pairs)

Useable width of rack cases varies. It would appear the OUTSIDE dimension of
rack cases is 17", or even slightly under. My rack cases have a useable area
between the end plates of 429 mm, though this will differ depending on the case.

If a width of 53mm per panel was adopted, an inside width of 424 could be
accommodated. 


Ken
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