# Mycroft Mark II - July 2020 **URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-mark-ii-july-2020/9112 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [July 16, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-mark-ii-july-2020/9112 "2020-07-16T02:03:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![gez-mycroft](https://community.openconversational.ai/user_avatar/community.openconversational.ai/gez-mycroft/32/1937_2.png) [@gez-mycroft](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/gez-mycroft) #### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-mark-ii-july-2020/9112/3 "2020-07-23T01:44:53Z")
Hi there, check out Derick’s response to a similar question here: > [@Mark ii July 2020 - Form Factor](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mark-ii-july-2020-form-factor/9155/2): > > @bruce you’re right rotating the daughterboard would allow for better cooling, but it would put the microphones on the side of the device. We could make separate smaller PCBs just for the mics (the mics need to be on top or front) and connect them back to the daughterboard. However, one of the other goals for the SJ201 was to reduce complexity as much as possible. That meant doing everything we could to get it down to just one board. We will start with a simple laser-cut enclosure for basic engi… Essentially, we ideally want the mic array on the top or front of the device. Though it will be interesting to test what performance is like if the mic array was on the side. I think it would be significantly worse, particularly from a distance and different angles, but could be worth testing. In terms of the “stand” in the block diagram, this is just a placeholder and doesn’t represent the final enclosure design. My understanding is that the two squares on the front are placeholders for speakers. With the change in form factor, Derick’s rethinking what that might all look like. By the “connectors” do you mean the connectors shown in green on the block diagram, or the usb ports, or something else? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-mark-ii-july-2020/9112)._