Description

Expandable up to 5 Standard Bus modules.
DC power socket – 2.1/5.5mm barrel jack for 5v input
Includes 5 x 40 pin straight sockets, 1x 40 pin right angle socket and 1 x 40 pin right angle header
Clearly labelled pin identifiers.
Nice rounded corners and mounting holes
Power LED
Reset button
Same profile as RC2014 Mini and Micro Keyboard
Optional 40 pin stackable header, 8 nuts, 4 screws and 4 spacers

The RC2014 Backplane 5 can be used to mount the 5 core modules (CPU, ROM, RAM, Clock & Serial I/O) for a small neat RC2014. 5 straight 40 way sockets are supplied for this.

It is also ideal for adding expansion modules to the RC2014 Micro or the RC2014 Mini II

Alternatively, it can be used to extend your existing RC2014, either horizontally or vertically if you want extra slots. 40 way right angle pins and 40 way right angle sockets are supplied to enable this. You can also chain more than 1 of these boards (Sorry, I’m not sure what the maximum is yet… but if you find out, please let me know!)

RC2014 Backplane 5 can be powered with 6-14v with the addition of a LM7805 regulator. Footprints for the regulator and caps are on the PCB. If you are using a regulated 5v supply, such as from a USB adapter, simply jumper across the 5v Direct pads.

Stacking Header Kit Option

The Backplane 5 can also be supplied with a Stacking Header Kit. This allows the Backplane 5 to be installed on top of a mini form factor kit such as the RC2014 Mini II or RC2014 Mini Zed to increase the slots up to 5 without adding to the footprint.

For PCB Only option, see Backplane PCB listing

Other modules shown in the photos are for illustration purposes only.

Documentation

Bill of materials