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News Release from: Parvus Corp | Subject: PC/104 double height adapter
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2003
Adapter board overcomes PC/104 headroom
limits
A novel PC/104 double height adapter provides designers of embedded PC/104 computer systems with a method for connecting circuit board modules taller than the prescribed PC/104 specification height.
The Parvus PC/104 double height adapter is a low-cost interconnection board designed to give embedded PC/104 computer systems a method for connecting circuit board modules taller than the prescribed PC/104 specification height Pricing is $29 each in volume orders over 100 units
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The adapter is especially useful for high-profile PC/104 CPU, power supply and hard drive modules that incorporate onboard fans or heatsinks for thermal management, as these types of boards commonly exceed the PC/104 form factor height of 0.60in and take up two card slots.
Overcoming PC/104 height infringement can also be especially useful during prototype development when placing a prototype card at the end of a card stack becomes impractical.
Measuring only 3.550 x 0.550in, the PC/104 double height adapter provides clearance for tall board components in a card stack, while offering a 16bit passthrough header for all standard PC/104 bus signals and a 10-pin power connector for power/grounding through the PC/104 bus.
The adapter also has standard PC/104 board mounting holes and can be placed on top or bottom of any PC/104 module with its 104-pin and socket connector.
Included with the adapter is also a set of nylon standoff spacers for board mounting and a second, smaller (3.550 x 0.40in) circuit board used to maintain proper spacing on the other side of the PC/104 slot.
Standoffs can be inserted into mounting holes for the adapter and adjacent PC/104 modules, or alternatively, the PC/104 card stack can be securely mounted in a PC/104 railed card cage without any standoffs required.
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