Date   : Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:37:58 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Retro Reunited: Econet Cabling, Demos, etc.

On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 16:20 +0100, michael.firth@... wrote:
> If you find a good choice of box for Phil's boards, can you let me
> know? (I should probably think about boxing my two as well.)

The intention was that they'd fit in something like this:

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=EN81906&_requestid=548601

or, with a bit of persuasion:

http://uk.farnell.com/multicomp/t2/box-abs-black/dp/645655?Ntt=645655

The latter box doesn't quite have enough height so I think you'd need to
file some plastic off the top of the DIN connectors to make it fit.  The
former one is a couple of millimetres taller and I think the boards
should drop in without any great difficulty.

You should be able to fix it in place using machine screws through some
of the spare mounting holes on the PCB.  The big holes in the Krone
footprints (J1/J2/J3) ought to accept M2 screws, and the big holes in
the RJ45 footprints ought to accept M3 screws.

... anyway, that's the theory.  I haven't actually tried fitting one of
those boards in an enclosure for myself yet and I'd be interested to
hear reports of success or failure :-)

p.