I made a small adapter board so CW312-format targets can run on the CW308 UFO. The UFO expects targets on its pin-header socket, while CW312 boards use a card-edge slot, so the Abductor bridges the two and handles the signal mapping in between. It’s open source (MIT), board files and docs are up on GitHub. Feedback welcome, especially on the signal mapping and the card-edge connector choice.
I made two versions: one with a right-angle connector and one without. We’ll see which one I like better….
Don’t even think about manufacturing this yet. I’m still testing it, and the final design may change. This repository is for informational purposes only for now.
When the PCB arrives, I’ll keep you posted on whether it works and whether signal integrity or anything else turns out to be an issue. Fingers crossed, we’ll see if we get lucky and it works with a wide range of targets….
It’s always better to design a custom target board for each specific use case… but when we don’t want to (or simply can’t) this could be a crap solution.