It's a nice idea. I wonder if it would make getting access to the GPIO ports difficult though. I suppose it depends on what you are using the BBB for.
You might consider something like this to bring the USB port to the front panel: https://www.adafruit.com/product/908 I'm using one for a robotics project and it works fine. On Friday, October 3, 2014 2:36:07 AM UTC-4, ivo welch wrote: > > > dear BBB experts: > > I would like to mount a beaglebone black inside a computer in a > front-removable rack. my goal is to have the BBB and a small SSD in one > bay that is accessible from the front. the power from the SATA can > provide power to the BBB; the motherboard can use the USB client port on > the BBB for communication (and for USB power), and I can bring out the BBB > USB host port female to the front of the bay somehow. (eventually, I want > my BBB to play a role in orchestrating my server.) > > the stated dimensions on page 115 of the BBB manual on the dimensions says > I need 87 by 55 by 5 mm. (I think they just mean the PCB board height?? > 5mm seems too low. the connectors are higher. I don't need the Ethernet > connector, so I may just rip it off.) the logic supply case for the BBB is > 21mm high. > > the standard 3.5" form factor is 25mm high. it has more than enough > volume to cover both a small SSD and a BBB. > > a dual 2.5" if it could be made to work would be even better, but the ones > I have seen expect two 10mm drives: I would love to put a small flat 2.5" > SSD hard disk in the lower tray [SSD connects to the computer itself, not > to the BBB] and a beaglebone black in the upper tray. this may be a > completely crazy idea. > > instead of the BBB just dangling, it would be nice to have a kind of tray > for it to sit in to pretend it is a 2.5" hard drive, with the standard > screw locations. does a 2.5" "converter" exist?? > > because the repurposed sata space has a sata power connector, I would like > to run a cable from the sata power to the BBB to get the full speed of the > BBB. this needs some sort of SATA power to 5vdc coax power connector. is > this kind of cable easy to come by? is it sold commercially? it should be > very simple. it just needs to change the power form factor. > > it's late, I am babbling...anyone tried something related to this? > > /iaw > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
