Re: Stepper Motor Transition Bo

[mooney@oxygen.aps1.anl.gov (Tim Mooney)]

Guy, re...
> We are thinking of laying out  a PCB to simplify the connections between an
> OMS and a StepPak, instead of the hand wiring currently suggested.
> 
> We're envisaging a simple 4U transition card with the VME J2 connector on one
> side and two StepPak connectors on the other.
> 
> It would go in the rear bay of the VME crate with a ribbon cable connection
> between the backplane and the transition card.   The same card could also go
> into the front of the VME crate if you linked two adjacent J2 connectors on
> the backplane.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> 
> 
We're doing this too.  Let's get our specs together and make some for everybody.

Tim