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<DIV>My other question is where do we expect the wifi router to be located and
is it powered from AC or 12V?</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tim@timmoody.com
href="mailto:tim@timmoody.com">Tim Moody</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:50 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=georgejhunt@gmail.com
href="mailto:georgejhunt@gmail.com">George Hunt</A> ; <A
title=jon.nettleton@gmail.com href="mailto:jon.nettleton@gmail.com">Jon
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=server-devel@lists.laptop.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [XSCE] Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype
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<DIV>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?</DIV>
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<DIV>I was also assuming we would use a conventional 2.5” sata drive with a sata
to esata connector cable.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=georgejhunt@gmail.com
href="mailto:georgejhunt@gmail.com">George Hunt</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:44 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jon.nettleton@gmail.com
href="mailto:jon.nettleton@gmail.com">Jon Nettleton</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=tim@timmoody.com href="mailto:tim@timmoody.com">Tim
Moody</A> ; <A title=server-devel@lists.laptop.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>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.
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<DIV>Jon, I'd really like to start working on your kernel, and getting it to
play nicely with the XSCE. Is that possible? soon?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>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.
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>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 <A
href="http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware"
target=_blank>http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware</A>.
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>I'm in favor with going with number ..231 this time around.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Jon Nettleton <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr>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 <A
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090"
target=_blank>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090</A>
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, <A
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163231"
target=_blank>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163231</A>
It also has excellent ventilation.
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<DIV>Of course these are just suggestions to help create a more
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