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Possible to remove the cover and put Azure boards and critical holder plates into the custom casing design ?

Possible to remove the cover and put Azure boards and critical holder plates into the custom casing design ?

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@HenryNguyen-7477 ,
I am afraid that can invalidate the warranty though can you elaborate more on your scenario?

See a related thread: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/101533/possible-to-removereplace-azure-kinect-dk-depth-ca.html

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We have a robot, we want to use this camera.
But this camera is too big, too heavy with the hardware available now.
So we want to remove the cover and put Azure boards and critical holder plates into the custom casing design.
Put the camera-sensor part on the moving holder. The rest one put in robot body. Maybe need make the new longer cable to connect these parts.

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I understand a bout the warranty. If I want to remove the cover, I do not need warranty any more.
And no need discuss about warranty more. Thank you.

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@HenryNguyen-7477 It is not recommended however as you point out you are not concerned about the warranty. We are aware of a few other customers who have disassembled Azure Kinect for research purposes. Areas of concern are: thermals, stray light management for depth camera, calibration between RGB, depth camera and IMU.

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The red cable is an interposer / flex. Is connects to connectors on the front and back circuit boards. It can be disconnected with a spudger tool i.e. it is not soldered to the boards. You cannot buy a new one. You may be able to make a longer one but it may violate signal integrity.

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Thank you for your support.
So, Can you share with us the drawing and specs of the cable ?. Maybe We make a longer one.

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The Microsoft hardware team does not share product engineering drawings with customers.

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Thank you for your support. I have some more question, please give me some comment,
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In our research, we just try disassembly the azure become 2 parts.
1st part is the blue one, we will try to keep this part do not change anythings, make sure the calibration is still working.
2nd part is the rest, we want to put other place.

My concern is cable, connect 2 parts. (the red circle)
Is it the universal cable, or customize cable for Azure camera ?
can we make longer new one ? or can buy new one from Microsoft (need longer cable) ?
are there connector at the both side of cable or It already soldered on board ?


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Hello @HenryNguyen-7477 ,
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