Hi Bas -
--- In Bas Schulte <> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was just pondering for a bit.... I plan to build a device based
on
> a ts-7400 with an embedded usb stick. During prototpying, I just
plug
> that into the usb recepticle on the ts-7400 and all is well.
>
> However, I wouldn't exactly call that a "rugged connection" ;)
> Besides, the stick sticks out the wrong way.
>
> Can anyone advise a smart (cheap) method to make this more rugged?
Is
> there something smart that handles this or should I simply grab my
> soldering iron, solder off the usb recepticle, solder off the usb
> connector of the device and solder things back on the pcb, with
the
> usb stick hanging above the pcb?
>
> I'm more of a software guy hence the question. I'm not sure how
> critical usb is in terms of my soldering qualities (virtually
absent).
>
> ts sells the ts-7400 as an wifi ap so they probably solved this in
> that box but ordering one just for the purpose of seeing how they
did
> it (I trust them completely when it comes to ruggedness) seems a
bit
> of a waste.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bas.
>
One set of USB traces is brought out to the 26-pin connector, on
pins 20,22,24 and 26. The preliminary TS-7400 doc has more detailed
info about the pin-outs, boot procedures, etc:
http://www.embeddedarm.com/Manuals/ts-7400-info.txt
There may also be a picture of the TS-wifi box internals on their
website; I can't recall.
Regards, ....... Charlie
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