My experience tells me that connectors are the weak link in most systems. So I'm not excited about a connector that is part of the essential data path, exiting the enclosure and exposed to being bumped/damaged.
Jon, I'd really like to start working on your kernel, and getting it to play nicely with the XSCE. Is that possible? soon? On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettle...@gmail.com>wrote: > I figured we just put the cubox at the back of the case for now and loop > the esata cable back around into the box to hook up the drive. Is there > any reason to even worry about making the hdmi cable available? In the > back of my head I do have a dream where the XSCE could sit attached to a > monitor/projector for teaching materials, but that seems far enough out not > to worry about it. > > What does everyone else think? You guys obviously have more "in the > field" experience than myself. Those sorts of cases just seemed like a > relatively cheap solution to a problem that was brought up. > > I did talk with Rabeeh about the cooling for the i4pro and he said the > external case didn't need any sort of special cooling it just radiates as > is and should be fine completely enclosed. There is actually a team that > is building an i4pro into their RC surveillance plane :-) My i4pro should > be here this coming week and I can box it up, stress test it, and monitor > thermals from the on-board sensor as well as my IR thermometer to make sure > things look reasonable. > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:48 PM, George Hunt <georgejh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What's the best strategy long term? The cubox has all its connectors on >> one face. Most of these need to be available to the outside. We can open >> the cubox and solder a esata connector that comes out the back. Picture is >> at http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware. >> >> Or we can try to project the essential stuff from the cubox mounted >> internally, and not really accessible from the outside. The second item >> ending in 231 looks like it has pigtails to project the usb to the outside. >> We'd need to do the same for the internal ethernet adapter. This approach >> still leaves the hdmi, and console usb that might need to be available >> occasionally. >> >> So maybe in the long run, we need something intermediate between the two >> Jon has suggested, so that when it is necessary, we can get a hand into the >> box to make insert the hdmi or console cables. >> >> I'm in favor with going with number ..231 this time around. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettle...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Well from taking some basic measurements I was thinking we could pack a >>> 2.5" sata drive and connector along with the cubox into a 5.25 external >>> case like this >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090 That >>> with a few dremel modifications and some soldering I think it would make a >>> nice compact holder. Given the time constraints that is probably not >>> happening. I did look around and found this which is more than enough >>> space to do whatever is needed without much more cost, >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163231 It >>> also has excellent ventilation. >>> >>> Of course these are just suggestions to help create a more >>> self-contained product right now. >>> >> >> >
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