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Need Input on housings

CannibalRoboticsCannibalRobotics Posts: 535
edited 2010-04-09 04:21 in General Discussion
Well,·all this tinkering around and I've·developed a product. It's marine based so·I need to seal it up pretty well.
I need a metal or metal conductive plastic case pre-drilled in quantity.
Any recommendations?
Jim-


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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-04-08 23:26
    Look for IP68 enclosures.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-04-09 04:21
    Jim,

    I know it's too late to say this (but I will anyway for the benefit of others): you should've shopped for housings before you designed your product. It's much easier to design a circuit board to fit an existing housing than it is to find a housing to accommodate an existing circuit board.

    Also, be sure to conformal coat your assembled PCBs. No matter how good the seal, marine environments will give rise to salt intrusion and corrosion. A good conformal coating provides a second level of defense against the inevitable.

    -Phil
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