[Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

Tim Moody tim at timmoody.com
Sat Jan 4 14:49:34 EST 2014


I ordered 3 of these and some passthrough usb 2.0 connectors for good measure.

Tim

From: Jon Nettleton 
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:15 PM
To: xsce-devel 
Cc: George Hunt ; XS Devel 
Subject: Re: [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

Those and some sheet metal screws or pop rivets look about perfect to me.



On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com> wrote:

  http://www.markertek.com/Connectors-Adapters/Data-Connectors-Adapters/RJ45-CAT5-and-CAT6-Connectors/Switchcraft-Corporation/EHRJ45P5E.xhtml or someplace else to find a cat5e case mountable receptacle.

  Tim

  From: Tim Moody 
  Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:50 AM
  To: George Hunt ; Jon Nettleton 
  Cc: XS Devel ; xsce-devel 
  Subject: [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

  My first question is are we trying to run off AC or 12V DC.  If the latter, do we need a 12V connector and wires to split for the cubox and the drive?

  I was also assuming we would use a conventional 2.5” sata drive with a sata to esata connector cable.

  My custom case at home brings motherboard usb to an external connector and I’m guessing that ..231 does the same.  It would be nice if there were an rj45 connector on the chassis that could pass through the ethernet from the cubox.

  Tim

  From: George Hunt 
  Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:44 AM
  To: Jon Nettleton 
  Cc: Tim Moody ; XS Devel ; xsce-devel 
  Subject: Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging

  My experience tells me that connectors are the weak link in most systems.  So I'm not excited about a connector that is part of the essential data path, exiting the enclosure and exposed to being bumped/damaged. 

  Jon, I'd really like to start working on your kernel, and getting it to play nicely with the XSCE. Is that possible? soon?



  On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton at gmail.com> wrote:

    I figured we just put the cubox at the back of the case for now and loop the esata cable back around into the box to hook up the drive.  Is there any reason to even worry about making the hdmi cable available?  In the back of my head I do have a dream where the XSCE could sit attached to a monitor/projector for teaching materials, but that seems far enough out not to worry about it. 

    What does everyone else think?  You guys obviously have more "in the field" experience than myself.  Those sorts of cases just seemed like a relatively cheap solution to a problem that was brought up.

    I did talk with Rabeeh about the cooling for the i4pro and he said the external case didn't need any sort of special cooling it just radiates as is and should be fine completely enclosed.  There is actually a team that is building an i4pro into their RC surveillance plane :-)  My i4pro should be here this coming week and I can box it up, stress test it, and monitor thermals from the on-board sensor as well as my IR thermometer to make sure things look reasonable.




    On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:48 PM, George Hunt <georgejhunt at gmail.com> wrote:

      What's the best strategy long term? The cubox has all its connectors on one face. Most of these need to be available to the outside. We can open the cubox and solder a esata connector that comes out the back. Picture is at http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware. 

      Or we can try to project the essential stuff from the cubox mounted internally, and not really accessible from the outside.  The second item ending in 231 looks like it has pigtails to project the usb to the outside.  We'd need to do the same for the internal ethernet adapter. This approach still leaves the hdmi, and console usb that might need to be available occasionally.

      So maybe in the long run, we need something intermediate between the two Jon has suggested, so that when it is necessary, we can get a hand into the box to make insert the hdmi or console cables. 

      I'm in favor with going with number ..231 this time around.





      On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton at gmail.com> wrote:

        Well from taking some basic measurements I was thinking we could pack a 2.5" sata drive and connector along with the cubox into a 5.25 external case like this  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090  That with a few dremel modifications and some soldering I think it would make a nice compact holder.  Given the time constraints that is probably not happening.  I did look around and found this which is more than enough space to do whatever is needed without much more cost, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163231  It also has excellent ventilation. 

        Of course these are just suggestions to help create a more self-contained product right now.



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