I actually am using serial for both the communication between the cards and
to the devices outside the chassis, but I was looking for something with a
sort of card-cage form factor that I could plug the cards into that would
give me both power and signal and wouldn't require any expensive connectors=
..

Basically I'm looking for something cool, functional, inexpensive and retro
to house everything in :-)  (I know, pick any 2)

STD bus backplanes look perfect!  but are expensive.  I wasn't able to find
much on eBay, so I think I'm going to have to re-think my plan.

Thank you for your suggestions,

DougM

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM, N. T. <ntypesemi@gmail.com> wrote:

> doug metzler wrote:
> > I'm building a dedicated system that will require a backplane.  each ca=
rd
> > will be 2.85 inches high so taking some off for the edges leaves me 2.6
> > inches.  If I get a .100 pitch .062 thick card edge connector I could
> handle
> > 52 lines.
> >
> > But what I don't want to do is lay out, fab and build my own backplane.
>
> Probably you should convert your bus to serial. Serial nowadays is
> quick and cheap.
>
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