Hi Dave
Sorry I have been out a bit today and therefore have missed quite a bit
of the goings-on on the list. Firstly, my 3 Auroras - all with SGCs
attached need new batteries and I even went to the trouble of building a
prototype using vero-board, a CR2032 cell and a suitable battery holder
- from Maplins - but had to experiment a bit to find something the
correct diameter for the mounting pins resulting in a loose connection
which is rather unsuitable and unreliable. I need three of any unit
successfully produced. I offered to get 50 or 100 produced by QUANTA but
didn't think the demand would be worth the efforts. Also, my prototype
was too high to enable the SGC to slide into the aperture for the
expansion port on the Black Box QL. This restriction does not apply to
the Aurora expansion card which is mounted to a standard backplane with
a QuBide board for the Hard Drive(s).
Please can you disclose your Surname so we know it's Dave Smith or Jones
we're communicating with? Thanks.
Cheers all,
John Gilpin.
On 14/02/2011 19:38, Plastic wrote:
Hi all,
I have a Gold Card which has the discontinued 40LF220 lithium battery. The
equivalent MGL0025 is also discontinued, and even with the long shelf life
of these lithium batteries, the new old stock ones are now useless. When you
can find them, they were manufactured in 2002 and cost $30+ - one place
quoted me $140 for a minimum order of 5, plus shipping.
Is there a ready-made adaptor PCB available that will allow me to use a
CR2032?
Does the Super Gold Card use the same battery?
If not, I would be happy to design and manufacture a limited run of these
adaptors to use CR2032s so we can all have our battery backed clocks working
again. I cannot make a guess on price as I have not looked at the cost of
short-run PCBs recently.
I would be happy to send batches of these to traders in each country at cost
price.
What is the need/demand for something like this?
Dave
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