[sdiy] PCB Help - Euro Connector Direction

[Tim Parkhurst]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Thomas White <djthomaswhite at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can someone who is a Euro-format modular user please look at the pcb layout at the following link to see if it is facing the right direction for the cable to hang off the back of the module and not hang off toward the back of the panel please? I don't have any 3U modules to compare it too. Thanks!
>
> http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-51083.html
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> It's for the new batch of Resonant Lopass Gate boards.
>
> Thomas White
> Natural Rhythm Music
> www.naturalrhythmmusic.com

Look at this one for the 10-pin connector:
http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/doepfer_a114.jpg

or this one for the 16-pin connector:
http://www.doepfer.de/A100_pictures/doepfer_a-116.jpg

That gives a pretty good overview of how the PCB and power connector
are normally positioned. You should also read the Doepfer technical
pages about how the power connector is set up (yes, the -12V should be
at the bottom, as indicated by the red stripe on the ribbon cable).
The other pin assignments will also be in the Doepfer technical specs.
http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm

Make sure you don't make the board too deep either. The shallow cases
Doepfer sells will only allow a board length of about 2 1/2 inches (I
can't seem to find this spec at Doepfer, so someone who owns a Doepfer
case with the bus board installed will need to chime in here -
actually, I'm doing an SMT layout of the Mankato so it will fit in
Euro cases, so I'd be interested to know the max board depth too)
http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100m_e.htm



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