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Just went to the local shop and saw these very sturdy,functional and not to mention pretty cases (available in variety of sizes)

http://www.hammondmfg.com/1457.htm

They were all around $20 price point. The flanged version would appeal to us more i presume.
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There are some similar ones here for about 10 pound sterling. Might be a good thing to pack my boards in for my flight home in a year or so :-)
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Nice find! Most cases readily available here are either much more expensive or look way rougher.
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found another much cheaper but plastic one while looking for grommets (see second page of the pdf)

http://www.e-sonic.com/aboutus/cat/G/gr ... rubber.pdf
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Plastic being an insulator and thermal constraints being slightly tight due to non automotive grade CPU, I would say that those are not a goer.
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I like the idea, but one thing has always bothered me about the extruded case with endplates on the MS - it's sort of hard to get apart in any meaningful way to work on the card or even find testpoints without pulling it all the way apart.

For that matter, if we used stacked connectors, how will you test things on the inside of the sandwhich while they are plugged in? Hopefully a ribbon cable works (I imagine this will be ok).

Anyway, no big ideas yet but I might put on my thinking cap....
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Very nice, and not too expensive either!

I am concerned that they "only" have 60 pins though. We really need to get around 100 pins in and out for a full installation. Also, I missed the current handling capabilities there. If it's too light, we need to double up somewhat cutting the numbers even more. If you bought such a NICE case, it would be a total shame to hack it to fit more pins on a side or end with the existing ones.

Thank you for posting it though, for less than full installs it would be absolutely ideal :-)

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Wow, that's a nice looking case.

If it were twice as tall - a form factor we'll likely need anyway, it would have more room for connectors.
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It looks nice but it's definitely not a DIY type of case if you look at the assembly instructions: http://www.cinch.com/images/pdfs/120662 ... 008-01.pdf. There's a need for a tool to assemble the case AND another tool to open the case. I don't know how much the tools cost but I doubt they're affordable for someone wanting to assemble one or even a few units.

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