Can anyone tell me if it is ok to detach the bottom bracket from the Developer kit?

[colin74]

Hi,

I’ve been looking at building a cluster of 4 Orin Nanos. I’ve got a spare cluster case that is designed for the raspberry pi but I “can” attach an Orin Nano to the case if I detach the bottom bracket.

My question is does the bottom bracket need to be attached? I can see that there are two wires coming out of the bottom bracket that are “snapped” onto a component on the base of the Developer kit, but I’ve not got a clue if these two wires are required to be connected for the device to fully function.

This is what the detached bracket looks like:

[foxsquirrel1]

@colin74

but I’ve not got a clue if these two wires are required to be connected for the device to fully function.

Those are just coaxial connectors for your wifi antennas. If you take the antennas off it would be good practice to pull the wifi module out. Running without a load presents a high VSWR to the transmitter and who knows what will happen, just depends on module design.

[colin74]

Thanks, I would probably want to have one of the Nanos use wifi so I’ll see if I can leave one of them attached to the bracket and get it fitted into the case.