CF Netgear MA701 innards

peekitty · 01-14-2003

I finally popped the cover off my CF card to see if it could be hacked to add an antenna jack. I don't think my SMT skills are strong enough to tackle this one. Maybe the pics will be useful for some of you.

peekitty · 01-14-2003

Not even as complex as a Pringles can.

peekitty · 01-14-2003

A tiny connector that I can't identify. Anyone care to speculate its purpose?

peekitty · 01-14-2003

A better pic of the connector. It's really tiny, this shot was taken with a microscope at 10x.

hydro27405 · 01-15-2003

I can tell you thats the same card as the D-link 660w, I tracked down the actual manucture, Z com inc. I believe its the 815 but I would have to check their site again, I am also trying to find that connector. Following the traces it is an antenna connector but what type??? Hopefully will find out soon.
Damn good little cards though.

highfrequency · 01-15-2003

Let us all know if you find out the type of connector. I have taken apart several cards and seen this sort of thing.

stikle · 11-14-2003

What you are looking at is mostly likely an antenna jack. Looks just like the ones on the internal wireless NICs we have in Dell and IBM laptops at work. I had to replace one that went bad once. The internal antennas end in little caps that snap onto the Round Onboard Thingie (highly technical term).

peekitty · 11-14-2003

Yeah, I've since learned that it's a u-FL connector made by Hirose. Digi-Key and some of the other electronic distributors can supply pigtails by special order, as can Netgate. Thanks for reminding me to update this thread.

Marlow · 07-23-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydro27405

I can tell you thats the same card as the D-link 660w, I tracked down the actual manucture, Z com inc. I believe its the 815 but I would have to check their site again, I am also trying to find that connector. Following the traces it is an antenna connector but what type??? Hopefully will find out soon.
Damn good little cards though.

Have you had a look at that DCF-660w, if that also has the Hirose/u.fl. connector ?
Ther is actually a 40 EUR price difference between the cards, so i would opt for the D-Link, but only if i know, that the u.fl. connector is in place.

/Marlow

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01-15-2003	#5 (permalink)
hydro27405 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: MN Posts: 96	I can tell you thats the same card as the D-link 660w, I tracked down the actual manucture, Z com inc. I believe its the 815 but I would have to check their site again, I am also trying to find that connector. Following the traces it is an antenna connector but what type??? Hopefully will find out soon. Damn good little cards though.

01-15-2003	#6 (permalink)
highfrequency Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 22	Let us all know if you find out the type of connector. I have taken apart several cards and seen this sort of thing.

11-14-2003	#7 (permalink)
stikle Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6	What you are looking at is mostly likely an antenna jack. Looks just like the ones on the internal wireless NICs we have in Dell and IBM laptops at work. I had to replace one that went bad once. The internal antennas end in little caps that snap onto the Round Onboard Thingie (highly technical term).

11-14-2003	#8 (permalink)
peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	Yeah, I've since learned that it's a u-FL connector made by Hirose. Digi-Key and some of the other electronic distributors can supply pigtails by special order, as can Netgate. Thanks for reminding me to update this thread.