Home made circuit boards?

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69427

The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
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Just curious if anyone makes their own circuit boards these days. I want to make a short adapter harness for my '84 to hook up a/some later model ECMs. I stopped at a Radio Shack the other day and the guy looked at me like I was some kind of dinosaur for asking that question.

Any advice or recommendations?

Thanks,
Mike
 
big_G said:
Ozzy said:
your radio shack dude is a dud.

http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032265
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I've been going to Radio Shack since the early '70's. It's not the same hobbyists store it once was. Now they mostly sell cell-phones. Used to be a cool place for a 16 year old electronics geek to hang out.
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I looked them up once online some years ago....dunno if still around, but in the Wash DC region.....was this joint called Capitol Electronics....Cap radio back in the day.....methinks I supported them pretty good....they are top flight nerds.....but it's been maybe 15 years since I set foot in the Gaithersburg Md. location....:nuts::nuts::bounce:

edit, Mike, I don't understand how a circuit card helps with adapting a wiring harness....I would think a old computer to get the connectors off, run wires to junkyard plugs for your new computer....NO?? where does a circuit card come in..??
 
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69427 said:
Just curious if anyone makes their own circuit boards these days. I want to make a short adapter harness for my '84 to hook up a/some later model ECMs. I stopped at a Radio Shack the other day and the guy looked at me like I was some kind of dinosaur for asking that question.

Any advice or recommendations?

Thanks,
Mike
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Harness adapter module or HAM board for hooking up later pin style ECM to an edge card connector setup like yours originally. They have been around for a long time. Used to be made by speedtronics (Bill Hitchkock) I think DCS (dynamic crossfire solutions) now sells them, the owners are members here.
 
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If it's electronic and they don't have it or can't get it, it's not made anymore.
 
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edit, Mike, I don't understand how a circuit card helps with adapting a wiring harness....I would think a old computer to get the connectors off, run wires to junkyard plugs for your new computer....NO?? where does a circuit card come in..??
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The old ECMs (like my '84) are a double-sided pcb edge-card connector design. I want to make a "duplicate ECM edge configuration" to solder to a short harness length that will plug into a later ECM. I've got a couple spare good ECMs for the '84, but I didn't want to tear one up to get the input portion of the pcb. I'm trying to make a couple edge connectors for minimal expense so I can play with a couple different ECMs.
 
69427 said:
mrvette said:
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edit, Mike, I don't understand how a circuit card helps with adapting a wiring harness....I would think a old computer to get the connectors off, run wires to junkyard plugs for your new computer....NO?? where does a circuit card come in..??
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The old ECMs (like my '84) are a double-sided pcb edge-card connector design. I want to make a "duplicate ECM edge configuration" to solder to a short harness length that will plug into a later ECM. I've got a couple spare good ECMs for the '84, but I didn't want to tear one up to get the input portion of the pcb. I'm trying to make a couple edge connectors for minimal expense so I can play with a couple different ECMs.
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Interesting, same connector style used on the old Caddy 76-79 Seville system....Bendix, Newport News Va......that's they system I used to run my Lemans/GTO convertible Pontiac 455 with....still have the induction...TimAT has seen it...
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