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ShawMerlin / NES-Slotmaster

A fully open-sourced drop in replacement for the 72 Pin Cartridge Slot on a Front Loader NES
MIT License
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Bottom PCB clearance issues with Hi-Def NES using the Laserbear No Cut Kit #4

Closed pmgducati closed 6 months ago

pmgducati commented 6 months ago

Hello, I am working on the DIY (1.8c) version of the slotmaster and have run into a clearance issue. I have the Hi-DefNES Kit (https://www.game-tech.us/product/hi-def-nes/) and using the Laser Bear No Cut Kit (https://www.laserbear.net/products/nes-front-loader-hi-defnes-no-cut-kit). The bottom PCB does not have clearance to install with the Hi Def PCB install Location. I was able to make it fit by trimming your PCB down leaving ~1mm below the 8 Pin header traces. Would you consider updating the PCB to allow for this? Im happy to help test fit PCBs.

Here are some picture of the modifications that I had to make to the PCB: Mounted in the NES: PXL_20240507_220554852 PXL_20240507_220559403 Loose: PXL_20240507_220636283 Measurements: PXL_20240507_220654750

ShawMerlin commented 6 months ago

Thank you for the pictures and measurements. I will make updates to the board so that they will accommodated the Hi-Def Mod.

pmgducati commented 6 months ago

Thanks!

ShawMerlin commented 6 months ago

How does this look? If you can send me an email, I will send you the gerbers.

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pmgducati commented 6 months ago

Email sent!

ShawMerlin commented 6 months ago

Our new boards will have the shorter bottom so this will not be an issue going forward. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.