UPDATE: RS-232 to Diag. Connector PC Board

[Larry C Leung]

Scott, don't send the boards in an envelope. Too possible to crack the
boards due to lack of support. You'd need to get a padded box (small)
just to be safe. Ask the PC board supplier if he has appropriate shipping
boxes, this would be easier for you than shlepping around to find
appropriate ones.

LL - NY

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 16:21:52 -0500 "Traurig, Scott R"
<scott.r.traurig at baesystems.com> writes:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Things are looking good for our PC board, and now I think I've got an
>even
>better solution!
>
>As you know, I've offered to etch a bunch of RS-232 to Diag. Connector
>PC
>boards (see http://www.planetfall.com/~jeff/obdii/
><http://www.planetfall.com/~jeff/obdii/> ). These would be trimmed
>but
>un-drilled. We had discussed a price of $10.
>
>Now I think I've got us a much better deal. See
>http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/obdii_hardware.htm
><http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/obdii_hardware.htm> . This board is
>better
>than Jeff's: it supports two modes, optional fused circuit protection,
>and
>optional monitor LEDs. It is professionally etched, nicely screened
>for
>parts layout, and it will be drilled. In all other respects it
>appears
>identical to "Jeff's Board", i.e. appears to use the same
>optoisolators,
>etc. with one significant difference-it only has one RS-232 connector.
>For
>the diag. port end it has some solder pads for the 4 wires necessary.
>
>I've been in touch with Andy, and he is willing to entertain a volume
>purchase for 20 of them. I don't have shipping costs quoted by him
>yet, but
>if he ships them all to me as a single shipment (from England) I'll
>think we
>can do $10 a piece or better. His published price, as you can see, is
>$13.88
>including shipping.
>
>In order to keep our costs low, I would expect anybody who wants one
>to send
>me the cash or money order and a self-addressed stamped envelope. I
>would
>return the PC board in the SASE. DON"T SEND ANYTHING YET (you don't
>have my
>address yet anyway :-). Let me get the final price first
>
>The following is the current list of interested people. I would like
>to get
>this up to the full 20. Please send me mail if you want to be added
>the
>list. If you don't like Andy's board (I can't imagine why) and you
>want off
>the list, let me know that, too.
>
>Eric Fletcher S.O.C. [steadi at mediaone.net]	1
>Bob [mx at snet.net]				5
>David Head [v8q at bellsouth.net]			1
>Frederick Smith [smitty at pcrealm.net]		1
>Orin Eman [orin at drizzle.com]			2
>Michael, Dave [Dave_Michael at Maxtor.com]	1
>Larry C Leung [l.leung at juno.com]		1
>Chris Miller [C1J1Miller at aol.com <mailto:C1J1Miller at aol.com>
>]		1
>Todd Young [auditodd at mediaone.net]		1
>Me						1
>
>		Total				15
>
>Finally, I've talked with Multiplex Engineering.
>(http://www.multiplex-engineering.com/)
><http://www.multiplex-engineering.com/)> . They can supply diag. port
>connectors with pins for $5.50 each, but the minimum order is $50,
>i.e. we
>need 10 people. When I have the final price for the boards I will set
>a
>deadline for the group purchase and ask for a final commitment e-mail
>from
>anyone that is interested by that date. You can request a connector at
>that
>time. If we get 10 or more connector requests then I will buy those,
>too.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Scott
>
>--
>Scott Traurig
>scott.r.traurig at baesystems.com