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Screws and spacers kit

Gumstix sells a pack of screws and spacers for the assembly of multiple basix, connex and verdex boards together.

The Components

For the 2 holes near the 60-pin connector
* 0-80 x 1/2" machine screws (slotted pan-head)
* #0 hex nuts
* #0 nylon washers

For the third hole that's got tight space between the SDRAM chips
* M1.0 x 6mm machine screws (slotted cheesehead)
** alternate: 00-90 Fillister head 1/4" screws and hex nuts
* M1.0 hex nuts

For spacing the boards
* 2mm black nylon spacers (connex-side daughtercards)
* 3mm black nylon spacers (basix-side daughtercards)

Other Vendors

Metric sizes:
* http://www.mdmetric.com
* http://www.pts-uk.com

Imperial sizes:
* http://www.smallparts.com
* http://www.fastener-express.com
* http://www.microplastics.com
* http://www.microfasteners.com

Casings

* Gumstix has introduced a suite of tools for 3D visualization of gumstix boards. The suite uses:

# Google's [http://www.sketchup.com/ SketchUp] & [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ 3D Warehouse] that can be used for custom case design.

# CadSoft's Eagle software for custom expansion board design.

Find out more at this [[Sketchup|3D Design page]].