[sdiy] PCB size for euro-rack format

[Laurie Biddulph]

If you can't read the statements and make sensible comments or rational 
arguments with evidence then I suggest you leave this topic alone!

STANDARD EUROBOARDS ARE 100MM x 160MM AND WILL FIT ANY CONVENTIONAL RACKING 
SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ONES I SELL. IN FACT ALL OF THE DOEPFER, PLAN-B AND 
LIVEWIRE MODULES WILL FIT MY RACKS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HEIGHT OR DEPTH 
PROBLEMS AT ALL...................................... :)

THIS IS THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF - CHEERS!

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(Mr) Laurie Biddulph
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samppa Tolvanen" <samppa.tolvanen at gmail.com>
To: "Laurie Biddulph" <elby_designs at ozemail.com.au>
Cc: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts at retrosynth.net>; 
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] PCB size for euro-rack format


> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Laurie Biddulph
> <elby_designs at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>> Basically confirming what I said earlier. I would still make the maximum
>> height be 100mm giving total universal fitting in to ANY 3U Eurorack i.e.
>> even those that use card guides.
>
> Nope. Once You follow a standard: It fits.
>
>>
>> The depth is a bummer thing. 85mm is definitely the initial maximum 
>> length
>> to maintain that overall universitality (!) but that will seriously
>> compromise some of the more complex designs out there. The slightly 
>> longer
>> length of 105mm is more useable and is probably worth adopting and will 
>> just
>> mean that small area in Doepfer units will be reserved for other modules. 
>> Of
>> course, Seb should be aiming for the shortest length he can get for each
>> individual design to help reduce the cost.
>>
>
> Once in a while You follow a standard, and it fits.
>
>>
>> The 3U and 6U racks I sell are 160mm deep so will take the standard
>> Euroboard of 160mm (just) but I still keep the modules as shallow as
>> possible even if that means a module has to have more than 1 main board
>>
>
> Oh, Are these standard sizes - Good for You! Not that any standard
> Plug-in Eurocard PCB would fit in Your rack as You describe it.
>
> Samppa
>