For sale is a bare board of the current revision Glitch Works XT-IDE, rev 4B. This is a hobbyist offering of our industrial IDE solution for PCs. It is available as a bare board, full parts kit, or assembled and tested. Revision 4B changes are minor and are mostly to ease assembly.
We are the original designers of the XT-IDE project files used by most of the clone boards available on , none of which use high quality selective hard gold plated boards, and many of which ship with used or salvage components.Bare boards are intended for the vintage computer hobbyist who already has a grasp of soldering and wishes to assemble their own XT-IDE rev 4B controller, as well as sourcing their own components. If you would like a full parts kit or assembled board, please see our other listings. The final picture in the listing just shows what the finished board looks like, what you will receive is a bare board.You can read more about this revision of the XT-IDE controller, its development, and its features at the project page on our site; unfortunately, due to 's external links policies, we can't provide links to them here.This project is 100% open source hardware, licensed under the GNU GPL v3. You can find the source files for the board layout, schematics, jumper setting diagrams, and a complete Bill of Materials on the GitHub page.This is a new made, high quality PC board with the following features:
- Standard 0.062" thickness FR4 substrate
- Selective hard gold plated edge connector (much thicker than ENIG)
- 45 degree edge chamfer for easier card insertion
- HASL surface finish with leaded solder for easy solderability
- All components and settings described in silkscreen legend
- Fully open source -- board schematics and layout available on GitHub
We do combine shipping on multiple orders, just request an invoice at checkout! Do note that this listing is for our hobbyist offering, and we will not support it in industrial applications! If you need industrial support, you must purchase a serialized industrial configuration from us. Contact us for details.
