I've wondered often if having a conformal coating on rocket computers would help. That's what would be done on military boards that experience high-G.
Scott Myers -----Original Message----- From: altusmetrum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bdale Garbee Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 1:05 AM To: Chris Attebery; Altus Metrum Subject: Re: [altusmetrum] Telemetrum V2 antenna pad ripped off board. Chris Attebery <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Guys, > > The antenna pad on my TM V2 was ripped off the board during a hard > landing last month. My plan is to epoxy the pad back onto the board > and then solder a thin wire from the output of C177/U174 to the > antenna wire. I've also thought that converting the board to an SMA > connector might be a more rugged solution. > > Any suggestions? Plan sounds ok. I've done both things, putting an SMA on isn't really more robust, and the RF performance isn't better, but sometimes it's easier than trying to get enough epoxy around a wire to hold it in place once the pads are damaged. Bdale _______________________________________________ altusmetrum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum
