What about the cartridge shell? If you open a real cartridge, you'll
find the board is thinner than most blank PCBs. (At least the two-sided
ones I get at RadioShack...)

Of course, you could make yours a bit wider than a normal in-shell one
and have one that doesn't require a shell.

-Joe

Vital wrote:

>Kurt,
>
>You meant "thinner" or "thicker"? I did a test using a generic board
>(1.8mm thick) and I had to put two business cards behind it to have
>it correctly pressing the GBA contacts. The total thickness (board +
>cards) was 2.2mm.
>
>Vital
>
>--- In gbadev@yahoogroups.com, Kurt Mahan <kmahan@x> wrote:
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>>When you go to fab your board remember the board "thickness" is
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>important.
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>>As I recall the GBA Cart board (at least for the connector) is
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>thinner
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>>than what you would normally get.
>>
>>Kurt
>>
>>On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 02:15:15PM -0000, Vital wrote:
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>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Could anybody send me a template for the GBA cartridge PCB?
>>>A Protel 99 pcb template would be great, but even a mechanical
>>>
>>>
>drawing
>
>
>>>will help a lot.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Vital
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>/**
>> * Kurt Mahan kmahan@x...
>> */
>>
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