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To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 18:55:10 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Pertaining to the Hextile things. You should really make them


Well, whatever is planned, what are your price projections? I can
understand if you haven't determined that yet. If however you have an
estimate, great. Also how many Hextile & DIPs would likely fit on a
single sheet of PCB, and possibly cost per completed, populated sheet?

David Perry wrote:
>
> I get that, but i propose that you have two PCB's, one DIP and the hextile
> base with a IC socket so that it can be converted to and from DIP and
> hextile.
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9388 Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:05:12 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: Pertaining to the Hextile things. You should really make them beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter I may be busy, but I have pleny time to play with the designs. School
was canceled due to snow. Empty parking lots and an accelerator are so
fun! :)

David Perry wrote:
>
> Hooray! That be great, everyone's happy! Do you want to work on the design
> or shall i?
>
> David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Piotter
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Date: Thursday, 20 January 2000 4:00
> Subject: Re: Pertaining to the Hextile things. You should really make them
> hextiles and not DIP
>
> >That's a fair design, with the cables!
> >
> >Wow... I thought you realy only wanted one board, and the DIP in the
> >hextile, and cutting it out was simply a way to get the DIP while still
> >pleasing the majority and giving them hextiles. I had though of a
> >hextile with a socket that would accept the DIP. Never once thought
> >though that it could be the idea you wanted! That's even better, caus
> >ehte DIp can be used on Breadboards, custom PCBs, and then still be able
> >to go back to the hextile board. That's practicaly perfect! I thought
> >you wanted only one board and that it would be a choice, hextiles being
> >the winner. If this is all true, then I can be very happy with it!
> >
> >I sure hope we are both thinking the same thing here! Haha! Had I only
> >known! :)
> >
> >You could have the hextiles (tritiles?) aranged in straight lines, and
> >then the DIP portion along side the thing (I assume you'd have them
> >manufactured in sheets, much like hextiles usualy are. I'm looking
> >forward to these things!
> >
> >As for desoldering, not everyone has a desoldering tool. I know, they
> >are cheap, but still. You could have the 5 configuration points and then
> >just solder in what you want. No default. That'd be reasonable too. The
> >hextile might be shrunken down too if the DIP plugs into it, as some
> >wiring beteen neuron and hextile contacts can exist in the center of the
> >DIP area, since the DIP nolonger actualy takes that area. It'd sure be
> nice!
> >
> >
> >David Perry wrote:
> >>
> >> >The Nv/Nu deal being
> >> >configured by the board also prevents you from putting the wrongly
> >> >configured neuron in a socket (yeah, you'd just switch the resistor and
> >> >cap, but if it's standardized, it's simpler to work with).
> >>
> >> Fair enough
> >>
> >> >below, where i talk about cutting the DIP out, I'm refering to cutting
> >> >the hextile's outer PCB, leaving only the core, and soldering headers to
> >> >it, thus CONVERTING it into a DIP package INSTEAD of a hextile.
> >>
> >> I get that, but i propose that you have two PCB's, one DIP and the
> hextile
> >> base with a IC socket so that it can be converted to and from DIP and
> >> hextile.
> >>
> >> >trace cuts are easier to work with. they can be resoldered easy. you
> >> >have it configured by default to be an Nv, and by cutting the existing
> >> >traces and soldering the pre opened pads. Desoldering such tiny pads is
> >> >more dificult than cutting a trace. Believe me, I know!
> >>
> >> I've never had any problems doing this with a desoldering pump. It just
> >> seems to me that cutting the trace isn't a very elegant solution.
> >>
> >> >What exactly are you talking about with headers and cables???
> >>
> >> Okay, imagine on the end of each DIP that you have a 3 pin header (maybe
> two
> >> for branched NV nets), each header has 2 power lines and the signal line.
> >> You use a 3 core cable to carry the signal (and power) from neuron to
> >> neuron. The point of which is so you don't have to wire up the power
> lines
> >> for each chip.
> >>
> >> David
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> >
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9389 Thursday, 20 January 2000 12:01 Re: Pertaining to the Hextile things. You should really make them beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Richard Piotter
>Well, whatever is planned, what are your price projections? I can
>understand if you haven't determined that yet. If however you have an
>estimate, great. Also how many Hextile & DIPs would likely fit on a
>single sheet of PCB, and possibly cost per completed, populated sheet?
>
>David Perry wrote:
>>
>> I get that, but i propose that you have two PCB's, one DIP and the
hextile
>> base with a IC socket so that it can be converted to and from DIP and
>> hextile.
>--
>
>
>Richard Piotter The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
>richfile@rconnect.com http://richfiles.calc.org
>
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