That's cheap and easily fixable: as long as you
can get them to fix it or give you the info to do so yourself. Ribbon
cables aren't
chafe-protected,

Chafe-protected against what?


non-gold-plated connectors

Tin on tin is every bit as good as gold on gold in the avionics environment.


cheesy DIP sockets for many ICs, etc.

What does a non-cheesy DIP socket look like? And why in the world would you
ever socket an IC?



If you look inside a King unit, they're built to avionics standards... not
cheapo consumer VCR standards.

How many devices have you built and marketed to avionics standards? And
where are these standards posted or documented?


-Cory

You've been a grad student now for about four years as I count. Ever plan
on finishing up?


Jim


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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