Mini, Midi, Big or Supersize – Motherboard Demo Solution for Proof of Concept (POC)

Working on a proof of concept (POC) can be challenging, no time, no custom tailored hardware but you need to deliver an appealing demo. The solution seems simple: commercial off the shelf hardware (COTS). However sometimes the outcome is on the other side of the spectrum you are planning to go.

As an example: How do you mount a Xilinx ZCU106, which is nearly a double height and full length PCIe card on a Motherboard? Easy, just buy one of the biggest PC enclosures you find commercially available:

A custom made front panel for the ZCU106 outputs completes the image – and voilà there is your nice POC demo you don’t have to be afraid to put in front of your customer.

*Hint: Maybe bring a sketch of the final size hardware to show the difference. In this case it will be smaller than the ZCU106 itself.

Reference

[1] https://www.thermaltake.com/level-20-xt.html

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