From: Jim Brain (brain_at_jbrain.com)
Date: 2008-12-09 06:15:01
A couple questions:
1. Anyone have a reasonable source for the .156" connectors that go
on the cassette port? All I can find here is Digikey for $1.72 in
quantities of 100
(http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=EDC307120-ND)
Better yet, anyone have a source for a connector without the
mounting tabs?
2. FOr the next batch of uIEC units and C=Key units, I need to design
a small pass-through PCB that people can grab onto when inserting
or removing the connector from the computer. But, if I have to
create a PCB, I thought I might design something on it. Something
cheap that I might be able to offer at cost or maybe as a freebie
if you buy the other units:
1. My initial thought was a small standalone cassette drive
emulator that would hold a small program. For those without
a resident wedge that hook RUNSTOP/SHIFT to a disk load, a
small program on "cassette" could load and run a menu app or
something like it.
2. I considered something like c2n232 with a USB interface, but
that starts getting into more money, and I think someone
else is running with that project
For an option #1 implementation, it looks like an ATTINY2313 is $1.25 +
512kB of FLASH for $.72 + .53 3V3 regulator and a couple of pennies for
resistors and caps = $3.00 in parts.
I don't know if there is any utility in it (If only the idea for a small
wedge is worthwhile, I could probably hardcode a small BASIC wedge and
the cassette routines into the 2K of flash on the 2313 and skip the
regulator and such, bringing the cost down to $1.50 or so.
Any thoughts? I think I need to create the PCB anyway, and I hate to
waste the space, as the board shop charges by the area, not the design.
Jim
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