[gentoo-embedded] How do you organize your devices?

[gentoo-embedded] How do you organize your devices?

[Christopher Friedt]

Dear list,

Like many of you, my collection of boards that I currently need to deal 
with has grown over the years to a dozen or so. I'm sure that some of 
you will probably even think that number is on the small-ish side of the 
scale.

However, because I work from home, I find that my boards are often just 
cluttering up my work area.

For a while, I had them packed into a small drawer-unit-on-wheels along 
with my external hard disks and random peripherals. However, after a 
while, that was not as searchable as I thought it would be.

At one point, I thought it would be nice to screw them all down on a 
large cork-board that was outfitted with a power bar, which I would then 
mount on the wall, effectively transforming the collection into a 
functional work of silicon art. However, I'm sure that this list could 
provide with many other interesting organizational methods for SBC's and 
their like.

Therefore, let me post my question to the list:

How do you organize your devices?


Many thanks,

(from a soon-to-be clutter-free)

  Chris.

Re: [gentoo-embedded] How do you organize your devices?

[Jason]

Christopher Friedt wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> Like many of you, my collection of boards that I currently need to deal
> with has grown over the years to a dozen or so. I'm sure that some of
> you will probably even think that number is on the small-ish side of the
> scale.
> 
> However, because I work from home, I find that my boards are often just
> cluttering up my work area.
> 
> For a while, I had them packed into a small drawer-unit-on-wheels along
> with my external hard disks and random peripherals. However, after a
> while, that was not as searchable as I thought it would be.
> 
> At one point, I thought it would be nice to screw them all down on a
> large cork-board that was outfitted with a power bar, which I would then
> mount on the wall, effectively transforming the collection into a
> functional work of silicon art. However, I'm sure that this list could
> provide with many other interesting organizational methods for SBC's and
> their like.
> 
> Therefore, let me post my question to the list:
> 
> How do you organize your devices?

I like to use those semi-disposable (meh. recyclable) tupperware-like
containers that are used for storing single servings of left-overs.
They're transparent enough to see what board, cables, and power adapters
are inside.  They take a sharpie well for labeling, and they're
stackable.  Throw a desiccant from a previous shipment in there and you
have long term storage.

Not that I'm supporting a single brand, but this [1] is what I'm talking
about.

hth,

Jason.

[1] -
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=142163&catid=91823&brand=40385&trx=PLST-0-BRAND&trxp1=91823&trxp2=142163&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND&cmbProdBrandFilter=40385

Re: [gentoo-embedded] How do you organize your devices?

[wireless]

Christopher Friedt wrote:

> How do you organize your devices?

I purchased a use 19" rack that is enclosed on all side. I mount
the boards to thin pieces of plexi glass or wood and wedge them
in a vertical arrangement, leaving room for air to circulate.
A bit expensive and takes time to install and extract the boards
so I just leave them on a shelf or table top while I'm physically
hacking at the board. After some time, it is usually cabled
in to ethernet and maybe a serial port on a host system.


The difficult part is leaving adequate room to add peripherals
later on.....


NO matter what you do, you'll have a degree of hap-hazardness and
uglyness, until a board is ready for production (imho).....

If you buss your DC power sources, make sure you label each board
with that information, or you can easily smoke some hardware.....

hth,


James

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[Mike Frysinger]

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On Monday 15 September 2008, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> How do you organize your devices?

electro static bags + labels + desk drawer
-mike

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] How do you organize your devices?

[Christopher Friedt]

I unfortunately lack desk drawers - I have a big bench that everything
sits messily atop.

The rack sounds like a nice idea though - it's probably a great place
to put boards + networkable storage.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Monday 15 September 2008, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>> How do you organize your devices?
>
> electro static bags + labels + desk drawer
> -mike
>