Date   : Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:59:52 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 20:31 +0100, Rob wrote:
> 2009/7/5 Phil Blundell <philb@...>:
> 
> > Finding a box is always a bit of a tedious business.  Any suggestions?
> > You probably need something with internal dimensions 90x30x25mm or
> > thereabouts.
> 
> Well there's always Maplin, as a last resort, if you can find anywhere
> with any of them in stock....
> 
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43708
> There's an ABS Box 85x56x25  external at ?1.39 (N67FK)
> If that's too tight, there's 100x50x25 external at ?1.89 (N73BQ)

Crumbs.  Maplin in "still sells useful item" shock!

85x56x25 should work.  I'd previously estimated the PCB length as 86mm
but it now looks like that was based on an excessively conservative
footprint for the DIN socket.  Assuming 85mm external equates to about
83mm internal then I think it should just about fit.

I did also discover that Cliff still have a vertical-mount DIN in their
range, which would allow a smaller box size again, but I can't find any
distributors who carry that part.

p.