Might help a bit. Usually the conformal coating just keeps the corrosion down. If you do decide to conformal coat the board, try not to block the pressure sensor :-)
Kieran > On 16 Jun 2017, at 11:13, Scott Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ altusmetrum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum
