[time-nuts] TAPR Oncore M12+ kit

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Fri Apr 28 11:08:41 EDT 2017


I've got some of those  aluminum boxes.   It is not hard to make your own
end plates.   All out need is either some aluminum strips (they sell them
at Home Depot or a piece of copper clad PCB material and two screws.     If
you really want the interlocking groove then you make two plates for each
end, one smaller to fit inside and one larger to cover the end of the box
and laminate the two plates.   The soft aluminum is easy to cut and shape
with a sander or file.

If you want to have them made for you, order a PCB, two sided from one of
those PCB prototype places.  Then they will drill the holes where you need
them and you can have them print the labels using that while silkscreen
legend.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Steve - Home <steve-krull at cox.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> To add to the excellent information Art has provided - I spoke with
> Candice Rincon at Phoenix Mecano and just received a quote from her for the
> end plates. There is a $100 minimum order policy at P-M, shipping and taxes
> additional. The end plates with gaskets and screws are $7.25 each so we'll
> need to order 14 end plates to meet the minimum; that's enough to do 7
> enclosures. The plates are cast aluminum and are blank so you would need to
> drill your own holes per the diagrams Art provided.
> I don't know how many GPS kits were sold but if there's enough interest
> maybe we can do a group order.
>
> Steve
> WB0DBS
>
>
>
> > On Apr 28, 2017, at 1:18 AM, Art Sepin <art at synergy-gps.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > The TAPR GPS Kit documentation has been updated and revised for clarity
> (I hope). it includes details for purchasing end plates and also dimensions
> required to fabricate end plates. The TAPR GPS Kit document, and a
> motherboard schematic for reference, is now available on Synergy's "GPS for
> Scholars" page:
> > http://www.synergy-gps.com/index.php?option=com_content&
> task=view&id=54&Itemid=73
> >
> > Art
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of
> Gregory Beat
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:48 AM
> > To: Larry McDavid <lmcdavid at lmceng.com>; time-nuts at febo.com
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] TAPR Oncore M12+ kit
> >
> > Larry -
> >
> > Interface Boards for Motorola (and Garmin) receivers have been discussed
> (and sold) by TAPR since late 1990s.  TAPR archives all of this
> documentation, for discontinued GPS kits, can be seen on the left margin.
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapr.org%2Fgps_exp-kit.html&data=01%
> 7C01%7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%
> 7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&sdata=
> 5ruapgEiQudgnwP07FQuZd1RF2r23b0YTZnMagdcLkI%3D&reserved=0
> >
> > Tom Clark, W3IWI Total Accurate Clock (TAC) project (1996) covers the
> entire topic.
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapr.org%2Fkits_tac2.html&data=01%7C01%
> 7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%
> 7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&sdata=2ddW07UU31UDl5%
> 2FQTy2DspkkX11FX00qrmKfc%2BRnNLw%3D&reserved=0
> >
> > Simple interface board schematics (Serial Level converters, and voltage
> adjustments for external antennas/ 3.3 or 5 V) can be found throughout the
> Internet since mid-1990s.
> > Numerous radio amateurs DIY their own (breadboard) or sold small
> interfaces at hamfests (1996-2006), until newer GPS solutions became
> surplus (and smartphones with built-in GPS appeared after 2007).
> >
> > Doug McKinney, KC3RL (SK, December 2006) offered interface boards for
> the Garmin (GPS-25) and Motorola receivers until about 2005.  I have one of
> Doug's boards in my GPS parts box.  These were sold by TAPR until their
> inventory was exhausted.
> > --
> > Garmin
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapr.org%2Fgps_garminib.html&data=01%
> 7C01%7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%
> 7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&sdata=
> 1rtHBUexr2FVGuHKY2qxBhzriCuFREe%2F6NAS7gi9RNY%3D&reserved=0
> > Motorola
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapr.org%2Fgps_vpib.html&data=01%7C01%
> 7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%
> 7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&sdata=R5%2FyBXV%2BAV2%2Fi3e%
> 2BKfPlua5PKMhRqrbUwhIMPrbiArQ%3D&reserved=0
> >
> > Synergy M12-MB board (web link to photo [jpg] below) IF you look closely
> at the Synergy Board, you see the board outline and 2x5 (10-pin) header for
> the earlier 8-channel Motorola receivers
> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapr.org%2Fimages%2FM12-MB.jpg&data=01%
> 7C01%7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%
> 7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&sdata=VnOToRye%
> 2Be6pu62p6Os1ohPVVa%2FzDEFh1%2F0vo%2Fi5ag4%3D&reserved=0
> >
> > greg
> > w9gb
> >
> > Sent from iPad Air
> >
> >> On Mar 28, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Larry McDavid <lmcdavid at lmceng.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> What "OEM supplier?" Do you mean from Synergy Systems? Or, is there an
> enclosure supplier to Synergy?
> >>
> >> Do you know if there is a schematic of the Synergy interface board
> available?
> >>
> >> Larry W6FUB
> >>
> >>> On 3/27/2017 9:31 AM, Gregory Beat wrote:
> >>> The TAPR offering is a "partial kit" from the Synergy's SynPaQ/E
> product.
> >>> Here is that data sheet:
> >>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.s
> >>> ynergy-gps.com%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fpdf%2Fsynpaq%2520product%2520data
> >>> %2520sheet%2520040110.pdf&data=01%7C01%7Cart%40synergy-gps.com%7C4dc2
> >>> f4b8f72f4e2fc73108d47615ead3%7Cc81f9fdec0e04d8c95779afaa0cad9ed%7C1&s
> >>> data=WF1IWYKvN5q6C0WMToPljgax2dpKhBqLxTAyhvKrYzw%3D&reserved=0
> >>> Blank aluminum end-plates can be fabricated, or purchased from the OEM
> supplier.
> >>>
> >>> w9gb
> >> --
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Larry McDavid W6FUB
> >> Anaheim, California  (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland)
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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California


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