Does anyone still sell IIsi / 10pin PSU ATX adapters or replacement PSUs?
I can't seem to find any, all the links are dead.
I can't seem to find any, all the links are dead.
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10 Pin Mac II PSU ATX adapter or replacement PS?
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Adapter: depending on where you live, might be faster/cheaper to just make your own. My version is here; other people have rolled out different solutions. Mine is mostly SMD (had them done by JLCPCB), I soldered the two connectors by hand (There's a picture). It has a power-good led and a small switch to select between soft-power and always-on (in case the soft-power circuitry on the motherboard is flaky).
What did JLCPCB charge you? So they did everything other than the two connectors?
At the time (Feb'23), the command history says $24.75 for 5 populated boards, including custom/duties to France. No memory how that translated into euros at the time.
Yes, they did all the SMD stuff (passives, the gate, the small switch), I bought the actual connectors for both sides from Mouser IIRC. That's the most expensive part - connectors are never cheap :-/
BTW license on that is CC BY-SA 4.0, so apart from "credit where credit is due", you can do whatever, including reselling excess inventory if you decide to make some for yourself. You also have the full schematics/pcb files (Kicad) if you want do double-check things or do them differently.
Yes, they did all the SMD stuff (passives, the gate, the small switch), I bought the actual connectors for both sides from Mouser IIRC. That's the most expensive part - connectors are never cheap :-/
BTW license on that is CC BY-SA 4.0, so apart from "credit where credit is due", you can do whatever, including reselling excess inventory if you decide to make some for yourself. You also have the full schematics/pcb files (Kicad) if you want do double-check things or do them differently.
Normally, JLCPCB needs the gerber files (to make the PCB), a BOM (bill of material, the list of components you need), and a placement file (so the pick-and-place machine places the components in the right place for soldering).
In my repo, the required files for the PCB should be in IIci_ATX.zip, the BoM in IIci_ATX_jlcpcb.csv, and the placement file in IIci_ATX-all-pos-jlcpcb.csv.
However, those are old files and the format(s) might have changed since Feb'2023. The placement is occasionally misaligned/rotated between KiCad and JLCPCB, so double-checking is always needed (almost everything I've made at JLCPCB required some fixing in their interface post-upload...). And the components in the BoM may or may not be available and/or cheap anymore. You can't just upload the files to JLCPCB and hope for the best :-(
OTOH, having things made by JLCPCB it's a useful skill to have in our hobby, and this is a fairly cheap/simple project to manufacture so might be worth the risk. I do recommend strating from the KiCad project and redoing the intermediate steps yourself to ensure you understand what's required for manufacturing at JLCPCB.
In my repo, the required files for the PCB should be in IIci_ATX.zip, the BoM in IIci_ATX_jlcpcb.csv, and the placement file in IIci_ATX-all-pos-jlcpcb.csv.
However, those are old files and the format(s) might have changed since Feb'2023. The placement is occasionally misaligned/rotated between KiCad and JLCPCB, so double-checking is always needed (almost everything I've made at JLCPCB required some fixing in their interface post-upload...). And the components in the BoM may or may not be available and/or cheap anymore. You can't just upload the files to JLCPCB and hope for the best :-(
OTOH, having things made by JLCPCB it's a useful skill to have in our hobby, and this is a fairly cheap/simple project to manufacture so might be worth the risk. I do recommend strating from the KiCad project and redoing the intermediate steps yourself to ensure you understand what's required for manufacturing at JLCPCB.
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