--- Harold Hallikainen <harold@hallikainen.com> wrote:

> So far, everyone is confirming my research: You can't get there from
> here.
> This is a single board product in a standard plastic case that has a
> custom flat panel parallel to the board (pots, switches, and display
> are
> mounted on the board and poke through the panel). Mounting the
> connector
> parallel to  the board would cause the MMC/SD to stick through the
> plastic... not good. Going vertical, it would stick through our
> custom
> panel so we'd just have to add one more rectangular hole. I guess I
> may
> have to go to a daughter board and another connector to connect the
> two
> boards... Anyone else have ideas on vertical mount MMD/SD sockets?
> 
> THANKS!
> 
> Harold
> 
Ok.. I will slowly repeat ;)
This are Push-IN LOCK devices push-in release devices. <-- very
important.
They HAVE to stick out of the surface a precise distance or you will
not be able to remove the card.  I recomend you download Hirose
Electric's information for them (Tyco electronics has made there
website so difficult and dense I don't have time to waste trying to get
a simple data sheet from them so Hirose Electric is much better :D ).
These are designed to be parallel to a PCB and generally close too it.
You may be able to take advantage of this depending on how you are
mounting the PCB in the device.  If it's a panel mount system you will
have to use a daughter board. Keep in mind SD/MMC cards operate
starting at about 2mbps so be certain you have a proper PCB layout for
a highspeed signal as well as a path to the card. Depending on your
panel depth you may need to do some serious mechanical work to mount
the second PCB. I recomend using a break out section from your main PCB
if you are concerned about making multiple boards (cheaper :) ).
http://www.hirose-connectors.com/products/DM1_5.htm <-- the connector.
Note the bottom of page C41 in particular.  Those distances need to be
followed fairly closely to get the card out again LOL. 




Stephen R. Phillips was here
Please be advised what was said may be absolutely wrong, and hereby this disclaimer follows.  I reserve the right to be wrong and admit it in front of the entire world.

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