Thanks guys for all of the suggestions. No clear winners. I think I am going to use the black mounts from Winford Engineering and screw the boards to an aluminum mount plate with standoffs.
http://www.winfordeng.com/products/dinm15.php It sure would be nice if Mesa offered a Din rail mounting option... ( hint hint Peter.. :-) ) Trying to keep all of these little parts (and remembering where they are!) gets to be a challenge. Regards, Dave On 3/12/2010 6:42 PM, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: > I use these... > > http://www.computronics.com.au/meanwell/dra/ > > The DRP-03. They have 2 M4 holes, 34mm apart. > > They are designed to be used to mount switch mode power supplies. > > I've used them to mount boxes, and plates (I use them to mount hold my > geckos mounted on a thick Al plate). > > My local electonics place also sell the green PCB holders. They have 2 > sizes - 108mm and 72mm. > (http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=H8510A) > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric Keller [mailto:keller...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2010 7:46 AM >> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Clever ways to mount the 5I20 I/O >> boards to a 35 mmdin rail? >> >> it would be nice if they were the right size to fit in the >> green plastic holders, but that isn't the case. I have mine >> mounted to an aluminum plate held to din rail with metal >> clips I bought from McMaster. The Leviton plate looks like >> you would still have to add another plate to pick up the >> mounting holes from the I/O boards. >> Eric >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: >> >>> Do you guys have any clever ways to mount Mesa 5I20 I/O >>> >> boards to a 35 >> >>> mm din rail? >>> >>> I have some plastic din rail clips from Winford, but the >>> >> holes don't >> >>> line up. Before I reinvent the wheel, I want to make sure >>> >> I am not >> >>> overlooking an easy solutions. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> -------- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new >>> software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>> >> proactively, >> >>> and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------- >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new >> software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
