Prototype Atari PCB made!

jtaylor0913 · Post by **jtaylor0913** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:37 pm

if you want it so bad just take the bottom and top pics and send them to a pcb making place and ask for them to make one. Gannon has given us enough resources to make it.

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:44 pm

Yes he has. I have to give him credit for doing so much work, and just giving so much info on how to reproduce it. Most PCB companys make u buy in bulk, so for every board he doesnt sell, he looses $$.

jtaylor0913 · Post by **jtaylor0913** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:57 pm

Yes he has and i think i might use his board and it will saw gannon on it.Is that ok with you gannon.

Post by **gannon** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:01 pm

go ahead, I haven't really said on the boards (because I'm not completely sure yet), but I've designed a new pcb too and am planning on getting it routed. I just have to fully test the design on a bread board.

jtaylor0913 · Post by **jtaylor0913** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:03 pm

gannon wrote:go ahead, I haven't really said on the boards (because I'm not completely sure yet), but I've designed a new pcb too and am planning on getting it routed. I just have to fully test the design on a bread board.

K i will wait till you put pics of the new board and is it for the atari??

Post by **gannon** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:16 pm

yeah, the new board has everything on it (unlike the proto board), including Ben's new video mod.
It has components on each side of the pcb to make it smaller, so it comes out to be 3.05"x2.5"

Here's a pic (without all the traces

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G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:14 pm

It's so beautiful... Can't wait to see the real thing

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:02 am

So when do you think that thing could be finished? It would be something cool if Ben started using those instead of the 4x4 boards.

Post by **gannon** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:19 am

well, depending on how smoothly things go it could be 2-4 weeks. I'm really hoping to get a single prototype board made before I submit a whole order. I don't know if the chips I have work fully also.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:22 am

gannon wrote:I don't know if the chips I have work fully also.

Well I dont know if my Atari chips are still good. Any way to confirm if they still work? If they do I'll likely by one board off you.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:58 am

are gonna sell that?

jtaylor0913 · Post by **jtaylor0913** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:40 pm

Gannon can you put up the pic for the board that you whould give to the company so people can have it made.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:43 pm

IF it worked and you sold it, Would you be able to take all the parts off of an atari, or would you need to get more stuff?
I was wondering if you might also sell them along with the needed parts, or just the board. Last but not least, Instructions?

Post by **gannon** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:59 pm

shmagoogin77 wrote:are gonna sell that?

If it works

jtaylor0913 wrote:Gannon can you put up the pic for the board that you whould give to the company so people can have it made.

which board? Most companies only take gerber files anyways.

bioniclebert wrote:IF it worked and you sold it, Would you be able to take all the parts off of an atari, or would you need to get more stuff?
I was wondering if you might also sell them along with the needed parts, or just the board. Last but not least, Instructions?

Because of the many revisions of the atari mobo it'd be pretty hard to find all the parts on it. I have a list of parts and even recommended parts #s on digikey. I'm not sure if I'll have the funds to buy the parts and sell them as a kit though. And of course, it'll have instructions. Not sure how good they'll be though

jtaylor0913 · Post by **jtaylor0913** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:07 pm

both boards