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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1978
Ernest E Godsey, Tucson, AZ (US);
George W Hoyle, Tucson, AZ (US);
Rusty S Christensen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Burr-Brown Research Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
This relates to a packaging apparatus for coupling modular hardware (e.g. printed circuit boards) to both the bus of a digital system and to industrial end devices such as relays, thermocouples, etc. A motherboard connected to the rear of a card cage couples a first group of edge connectors on each card to the digital system bus. The motherboard has a plurality of clearance holes therein for providing access to a second group of edge connectors on each card. A dedicated terminal assembly having end device field wiring connected thereto is electrically coupled to the second group of edge connectors of a particular card by either passing a suitable connector attached to the assembly through one of the clearance holes or by coupling the second group to the assembly by a suitable cable which passes through the hole.