Patent ID: 7942700

Claim:
A modular electronic apparatus for mounting onto an external substrate, comprising: a multi-layer printed circuit board comprising a first layer comprised of a plurality of surface mountable conductive interfaces, and a second layer comprised of a plurality of ball-grid array conductive interfaces; a plurality of substantially identical modular headers, each of said modular headers comprising: a non-conductive base member having an electronic component receiving cavity formed therein; a plurality of wire routing channels disposed on opposing sides of said modular header; a plurality of surface-mountable signal conducting elements disposed at least partially within said non-conductive base member on a bottom surface thereof; and a cover at least partially enclosing said plurality of modular headers, an interior surface of said cover configured to mate with one or more respective top surfaces of said modular headers; and a plurality of electronic components at least partially disposed within said electronic component receiving cavities of said modular headers, at least one of said plurality of electronic components comprising a wire having two ends, said ends of said wire being wire wrapped around respective ones of at least a portion of said surface-mountable signal conducting elements; wherein at least a portion of said plurality of surface-mountable signal conducting elements are soldered to said first layer comprised of a plurality of surface mountable conductive interfaces of said multi-layer printed circuit board.