My first question is are we trying to run off AC or 12V DC. If the latter, do
we need a 12V connector and wires to split for the cubox and the drive?
I was also assuming we would use a conventional 2.5” sata drive with a sata to
esata connector cable.
My custom case at home brings motherboard usb to an external connector and I’m
guessing that ..231 does the same. It would be nice if there were an rj45
connector on the chassis that could pass through the ethernet from the cubox.
Tim
From: George Hunt
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:44 AM
To: Jon Nettleton
Cc: Tim Moody ; XS Devel ; xsce-devel
Subject: Re: Cubox Solidrun Prototype Packaging
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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