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Unread 05-13-2004, 02:26 PM   #9
MMZ_TimeLord
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Re-design is not an issue at this time as I have 30 days to revise the circuit diagram. I plan on hand etching a prototype before then to evaluate the product.

I will defintely consider the ground pins and a second header for daisy-chaining the units. The main reason the power and SMBus headers are separate is because I could NOT find a standard as far as +5V being provided at the SMBus header on the mother boards. So, I left them separate to allow folks the option of making a molex tap cable or some such.

Anyhoo... ideas are good... I may throw up some optional designs and manufacture them all just so I can try them. Again the boards are free... but the components cost money.

Also as stated, the ground for each remote tempreture sensor was left out because I was going to twist the 30 guage pair and only make them five feet each. Under the maximum before grounding is required.
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