Hi Kevin, Are the mictor connectors for debug or are they used to extend the bus to a mezzanine card. If it is for debug only, then you could place these in the middle of the bus (although I would recommend Samtec or Soft touch connectors for probing, as the mictors need ground holes that are difficult to route through). If you are extending the bus, it might be better to place these at the end (so you do not have stubs in the middle of the bus). On the other hand, at 33 MHz you should not have any issues if you keep your clocks matched and the length of the bus short. =20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Antonellis Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:32 AM To: khai77069@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Mictor Connectors Hello Kevin, FYI.... in **our** application, which I will admit may have been a mis-match to the Mictor connector strengths, we experienced a lot of crushed and twisted pins. The mictor connector seems relatively fragile to me. Again I am willing to admit potential mi-use of the connector. I am also willing to describe, OFFLINE our application so you can decide for yourself. Also, in the same application, the Teradyne NeXLev connector was excellent in both it's signal integrity and its tolerance to mechanical abuse. Regards, Jim Antonellis - Jim Antonellis janton@xxxxxxxxxxxx Broadcom Corp www.broadcom.com Office: 978.689.1669 Cell: 978.618.4745 This message and any attachments are Confidential and may be Legally Privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message from your system and notify us immediately. Any dis-closure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted to be taken by an unintended recipient in reliance on this message is prohibited and may be unlawful. =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin K Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:08 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Mictor Connectors Hi, I'm working a design that has a 33MHz PCI bus. There are five PCI devices including the processor on this PCI bus. In addition, I also have two Mictor connectors on this bus. The PCI devices are daisy-chain connected. The question I have is where should I place the two Mictor connectors on the PCB? at the end of the bus? in the middle of the bus? or does it matter? Thank you for your help. Regards, Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu