Oxide and Friends

Cabling the Backplane

Apr 4, 2023

01:00:30

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Importance of Mechanical Tolerance Analysis in a Gimlet

5min

How Doug and Team Designed the Gimlet Server Latching System

2min

How to Design a Floating Interconnect System

3min

The Consequences of Getting This Wrong

4min

How to Use RJ45 Cables to Dock a Gimlet Server

3min

How to Find a Vendor for Your Bulkhead Cable

6min

How to Make Cable Connections Without Using 16 Unique Cable Skews

2min

Cable Backplane Integration

5min

10.

The High Failure Rate of EMC Cables

1min

11.

How to Find Out Which Cables Are Not Working

3min

12.

How to Fix a High Dropout Rate

3min

13.

The Importance of Understanding Where the Damage Is Coming From

5min

14.

The Power of 3D Printing

4min

15.

The Problem With Bending Cables

3min

16.

RFK's Cable Back Plane

5min

17.

The Moment Arm Crisis

2min

Bryan and Adam are joined by Doug Wibben and Robert Keith to talk about the mechanical design of the cabled backplane of the Oxide rack that allows for "blind-mated" server sleds--no network and power cables to plug, unplug, and mis-plug! Watch the chapter art for relevant pictures.

We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from April 3rd, 2023.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Oxide colleague, Robert Keith, and special guest, Doug Wibben.

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