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There is disclosed a system and method for allowing user to add circuit boards to a closed housing electrical system. The system relies upon a circuit board carrier which plugs into a connector permanently mounted within the housing. The carrier is fully removable from the system housing and has a s

There is disclosed a system and method for allowing user to add circuit boards to a closed housing electrical system. The system relies upon a circuit board carrier which plugs into a connector permanently mounted within the housing. The carrier is fully removable from the system housing and has a support bracket for suspending a vertical partition, the bottom edge of which mates mechanically and electrically with the permanently mounted connector. Both sides of the partition support a plurality of edgewise connectors, stacked one over the other, for accepting the plug-in expansion circuit boards. The vertical partition connectors are electrically connected to the permanently mounted connector such that when the carrier is in position within the housing all of the mated expansion boards are electrically operable and connected to the existing system.

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In an electronic housing having a main circuit board, the method of adding add-on boards to the main circuit board when the main circuit board has established thereon an electrical connector, said method comprising the steps of: plugging into said board connector a connector support board, said supp

In an electronic housing having a main circuit board, the method of adding add-on boards to the main circuit board when the main circuit board has established thereon an electrical connector, said method comprising the steps of: plugging into said board connector a connector support board, said support board being positioned perpendicular to the main circuit board, said support board having a plurality of connectors thereon; supporting a rearward edge of said support board by a rearward support bracket connectable with a back edge of said housing, said bracket having a front extending support extending for support to a front edge of said housing; inserting into said housing one or more of said add-on boards, in a plane parallel with the plane of the main circuit board; and positioning an electrical connector edge of each of said inserted add-on boards into a respective one of said electrical connectors of said support board.