[Arm-netbook] 44 pin micro engineering board header side entry connector

[Eric Stuyvesant]

I think the 44 pin 2.5" IDE connector is on 2mm centers, and the 40
pin 3.5" IDE connector is on 0.1" centers.

We have 44 pins on 0.1" centers on the MEB, thus being neither of the
IDE standards. I feel sure a 50 pin SCSI-1 ribbon cable (0.1" centers)
would work...

On 8/14/13, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 07:35 +0000, joem wrote:
>> On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 07:30 +0000, joem wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 02:08 +0100, luke.leighton wrote:
>> > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:35 PM, joem
>> > > <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm looking at
>> > > > http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/micro_engineering_board/
>> > > > and looking at that 44 pin header to connect the VGA board.
>> > > >
>> > > > Mouser has this:
>> > > > http://uk.mouser.com/ProductDetail/3M/960244-8100-AR-TP/?qs=%2fha2pyFaduit1IEF99wy%2f9TlMVgnA1ON0qOtApgTHoBST0iAMXqKpg%3d%3d
>> > > >
>> > > > Digikey has this:
>> > > > http://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/960244-8100-AR-TP/960244-8100-AR-TP-ND/2073940
>> > > >
>> > > > Its the 3M 44 pin side ways entry 0.1" header socket
>> > > > 960244-8100-AR-TP
>> > > >
>> > > > Just to emphasis 44 is thought of as a silly number in marketing
>> > >
>> > >  IDE, mate.
>> >
>> > IDC connector
>>
>> Nope IDE cable!
>>
>> > > > Any ideas how best to connect VGA / expansion boards to the 44 pin
>> > > > header?
>> > > > Need a decision to lay out the VGA board.
>> > >
>> > >  skip the lower pins - you only need 1-30.
>> >
>> > The power pins and LCD pins are at opposite ends of the connector.
>> > All 44 pins needed.
>> > Alternative is to have a separate power connector
>> > on the VGA board.
>>
>> Apologies - I imagined IDE was a 40 pin connector - it is 44 pin.
>> That be OK.
>>
>> Hopefully VGA board can now finish between today and tomorrow.
>
>
> Thought I was going mad!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA
>
> The standard IDE cable is 40 pin though there are 44 pin ones for 2.5"
> drives.
>
> Easy enough to get hold of http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/44-pin-ide-cable
>
>
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