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PCM-MIO-A-1/Best Practices
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Contact Points
WINSYSTEMS boards mostly use connectors with gold finish contacts.
Gold finish contacts are used exclusively on high-speed connections.
Power and lower speed peripheral connectors may use a tin finish as an
alternative contact surface. It is critical that the contact material in the
mating connectors is matched properly (gold to gold and tin to tin).
Contact areas made with dissimilar metals can cause oxidation/corrosion,
resulting in unreliable connections.
Pin Contacts
Often the pin contacts used in cabling are not given enough attention. The
ideal choice for a pin contact would include a design similar to Molex or
Trifurcon designs, which provide three distinct points to maximize the
contact area and improve connection integrity in high shock and vibration
applications.
Power Down
Make sure that power has been removed from the system before making
or breaking any connections.
I/O Connections OFF
—Turn off all I/O connections before connecting
them to the PCM-MIO-A-1 or any other I/O cards. Connecting hot signals
can cause damage whether the embedded system is powered or not.
Mounting and Protecting the I/O Module
To avoid damage, mount the PCM-MIO-A-1 properly. Standoff kits are
available and recommended for use with the PCM-MIO-A-1.
Placing the PCM-MIO-A-1 on mounting standoffs
—Be careful when
placing the PCM-MIO-A-1 on the mounting standoffs. Sliding the board
around until the standoffs are visible from the top can cause component
damage on the bottom of the board.
Do not bend or flex the PCM-MIO-A-1
—Bending or flexing can cause
irreparable damage. Embedded computer modules are especially
sensitive to flexing or bending around ball grid array (BGA) devices. BGA
devices are extremely rigid by design, and flexing or bending the
embedded computer module can cause the BGA to tear away from the
printed circuit board.
Power Supply OFF
—Always turn off the power supply before
connecting to the I/O Module. Do not hot-plug the PCM-MIO-A-1 on a
host platform that is already powered.