[Coco] 4 Port MPI PCB artwork (so far)

RETRO Innovations go4retro at go4retro.com
Sun Mar 8 13:50:44 EDT 2015


On 3/8/2015 1:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>    * Determine if large PCBs with the angled "ears" will need slots cut
>      in the PCB to ensure full edge connector mating
> Yes.
Hmm, anyone have a pic of the MPI PCB?  Google can't find one...

> I think the only real answer there is to cut out a board with them, see
> how it is guided into the connector,  then cut them off and check again.
> I've suspected that as long as the contact pad for the clip on the
> socket to grab and ground is there on each side of the finger pattern,
> that the slanted ear out wider than that was probably optional.
Fair enough, but it looks like Dragon users are SOL with the grounding 
pad.  How important is it?

JIm


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