Where to get blank circuit board

[MxGladiator]

Ok I have no clue if this will work but I decided on making a pcie extension cable. I can get pcie riser cards but they do not have a long enough ribbon cable for what i want to do in my custom case build. So here is my plan. I need to find a place that sells doable sided circuit board and i plan to use that as the end of the cable that plugs in to the motherboard. I will use a PCB (printable circuit board) technique to cut the pins to match the board. Then solder on ribbon cables to go to the bard. Thats the idea at least. First step is to find someone who sells blank circuit board that is roughly the same thickness as a pcie. Any help or ideas are much appreciated.

[krazypoloc]

Ok I have no clue if this will work but I decided on making a pcie extension cable. I can get pcie riser cards but they do not have a long enough ribbon cable for what i want to do in my custom case build. So here is my plan. I need to find a place that sells doable sided circuit board and i plan to use that as the end of the cable that plugs in to the motherboard. I will use a PCB (printable circuit board) technique to cut the pins to match the board. Then solder on ribbon cables to go to the bard. Thats the idea at least. First step is to find someone who sells blank circuit board that is roughly the same thickness as a pcie. Any help or ideas are much appreciated.

Radio Shack.....for the record I think this is a really bad idea....

[CAINuKe]

Ok I have no clue if this will work but I decided on making a pcie extension cable. I can get pcie riser cards but they do not have a long enough ribbon cable for what i want to do in my custom case build. So here is my plan. I need to find a place that sells doable sided circuit board and i plan to use that as the end of the cable that plugs in to the motherboard. I will use a PCB (printable circuit board) technique to cut the pins to match the board. Then solder on ribbon cables to go to the bard. Thats the idea at least. First step is to find someone who sells blank circuit board that is roughly the same thickness as a pcie. Any help or ideas are much appreciated.

 

 

You could buy a "peg board" from radioshack.

 

Radio Shack.....for the record I think this is a really bad idea....

 

 

Dangit! posted before me.

Edited April 27, 2010 by CAINuKe

[CowKing]

if that cable gets too long won't you see a performance hit, since that data has to travel such a longer distance?

[jammin]

I'd set out some detailed plans (maybe with some diagrams?) of exactly what you are planning on doing here.

 

The initial impression I get is that it may not be worth your time attempting what you are suggesting, but some more detail would help anyone to assess that.

[Zertz]

It's cool that you try this, but I have my doubts honestly. Moving low voltage data at 5 GT/s on a homemade PCB sounds a tad unrealistic to me, but you never know!

 

Let us know how it turns out

[MxGladiator]

Thanks for the reply's. I will stop by radio shack on my way home tonight. Did not know they had that type of stuff :0 thanks. I have to agree with most of you, it doesn't seem like there is much chance of getting this to work and if so not with out some lag. But I have a few old motherboards and some video cards to try with so its not much of a loss if it fails. I know you can get up to a 4 inch riser card with little loss in performance so I will try with different lengths to see what works. Will post pics and let you know if it works. This is what I am going for except with a longer ribbon cable. http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pe-flex16-p-759.html

[krazypoloc]

Moving low voltage data at 5 GT/s on a homemade PCB sounds a tad unrealistic to me, but you never know!

Unless he looks like this...

 

[MxGladiator]

Dude that's me!! Where did you get my picture? LOL

[xchrissypoox]

x16 up to 15", and other cards Edited April 27, 2010 by xchrissypoox

[MxGladiator]

Yeah it looks like its possible but the question is at 15" what type of lag or performance loss will there be when using it with a video card. With a price of 50 bones I was thinking I would have some fun and attempt to make my own. I can see the end result as me just buying one from there sight. lol

[MxGladiator]

New question. I am new to using PCB's and am in need of some good "simple" and free software that will print my layout to my gloss paper. I have tried a few and either they don't do what I need or they just are to darn complex for me to learn for this project. All i need to do is to copy the pcie pins on a video card and extend them a bit so I can solder a ribbon cable on to it.

 

PS: I am using the toner transfer method.

Edited April 28, 2010 by MxGladiator