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Re: IFI Critique
One of my ideas this year (and I really wish I got a chance to talk to someone at IFI personally who would have some swing in this area as far as getting it implemented) was to have the program and tether ports on the RC be board mountable snap on types.

In essence, It would allow the option of a right angle port coming off the side as is coming off the RC (and OI I guess too) now, but also leave an option to have the ports come straight off the board as well. In other words, 90 degrees rotated to where they come off the board now.

This would allow more space to mount other things next to the RC/OI on your robot/controller box and not have to deal with leaving a channel open next to the ports to slide the cables in and out of.

I can sketch up something quick if anyone is interested in the basic concept of what I mean.

I know that where I work, we make surface mount (single) connectors that get soldered on a circuit board, and then another connector snaps on it rather than screws on. It still maintains a tight fit though. I'm thinking this basic use, but in terms of the ports for the cables on the RC/OI.

I forget what the easy snap interfaces are called though (SLB maybe?)
I'll have to check and show an example of what I mean.
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