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XF551 PCB and SIO Port Mod


pixelmischief

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I have been listening to you people belly-ache and bad-mouth the XF551 PCB for over a decade.  Waaaaaah, it's a shitty single-layer.  Waaaaaah, the pads lift too easy.  Waaaaah.  Well, I desoldered the SIO ports from my XF551 last night in order to replace them with header pins so I can reroute the ports for a case mod.  Let me just say...

 

Waaaaah, this thing sucks horrible.  Lifted two (2) pads; and that was WITH a Hakko desoldering gun.  Freaking aweful.  I'll have a waaaaaburger and wash it down with a Whineikin.

 

But on to business.  Does anyone know what the specification is for a pin row that will fit in the weird, diagonally oriented through-holes on the PCB for the SIO ports?

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On 9/10/2020 at 5:04 PM, pixelmischief said:

I have been listening to you people belly-ache and bad-mouth the XF551 PCB for over a decade.  Waaaaaah, it's a shitty single-layer.  Waaaaaah, the pads lift too easy.  Waaaaah.  Well, I desoldered the SIO ports from my XF551 last night in order to replace them with header pins so I can reroute the ports for a case mod.  Let me just say...

 

Waaaaah, this thing sucks horrible.  Lifted two (2) pads; and that was WITH a Hakko desoldering gun.  Freaking aweful.  I'll have a waaaaaburger and wash it down with a Whineikin.

 

But on to business.  Does anyone know what the specification is for a pin row that will fit in the weird, diagonally oriented through-holes on the PCB for the SIO ports?

I measured 0.7" across 5 pitches on an SIO socket with a pair of digital calipers,  this is 0.14" or 3.556mm pitch.

 

I believe this pitch would allow placing on the diagonal for 0.1" pitch. 

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