<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-03-30 6:21 GMT-04:00 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net" target="_blank">lkcl@lkcl.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
* the PCB will fall out of the casework (both ways, forwards and backwards).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Actually it won't. :-) It cannot slide frontward due to upper layers stopping the DC/VGA ports. As for backwards it's more of an issue, only the right back corner of the EOMA card receptacle (have no idea how it's called) will be stopped by a width of 3mm.<br><br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
* it will also lift upwards by about... 1mm, rattling around.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes that bugs me too.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
* the middle layers also need to be split into separate halves.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, that's what I did... Not happy with it either as it increases the number of parts. I went with a case depth approx. equal to the PCB because the Crowd Supply page mentions the microdesktop casing to be 4.5 x 4.5 inches (114mm). But if we can make it deeper and have the separate halves connect, it would be much better.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
right now, the components are in the way.<br>
* the layer below the PCB (with a cutout for the micro-sd card) will<br>
be in direct contact with the PCB, preventing heat dissipation<br></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>I naively thought that being a low powered CPU, it would not be needed. I did mention I know nothing about electronics. :-P<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
* also you notice the cut-away in the corner of the PCB underneath<br>
the eject button for the PCMCIA holder? the idea there is to put a<br>
small recess (which we have to think how not to interfere with the<br>
aesthetics) that will make it easier to eject.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Was wondering about that cut-away. The eject button isn't modelled in the microdesktop_model2.stl file.<br><br></div><div>I need to go, I have an idea about holding the PCB but I need to think more about it...<br><br></div><div>Cheers<br><br></div><div>Normand<br></div></div><br></div></div>