Project enclosure I'm planning for the enclosure
arduinome with sketchup and are almost at the end, this is the result
L 'enclosure will be made entirely of wood, excluded one of two black Plexiglas faceplate that will be to pull a bit and to decrease the height of the buttons. For the faceplate I was inspired by the collective of machines, increasing the 10mm side of the square. The sides fit instead to "stamps" with each other and the curve on the bottom I did it to make a minimum backlight. My goal is to hide all the screws, Unlike most of the projects that are in the network, and I think I found a solution.
Finally, cut the whole project, once completed, I will refer to Vectorealism.com, which deals with laser cutting.
It was not hard to design the box for arduinome, but I still have some doubt, excluding all the aesthetic details, I think there are two variables that interfere with the use of esperieza monome clone.
- The first is the height of the buttons . This depends on the structural level, because the faceplate is screwed together the PCB to it. My idea is to minimize this variable to decrease clearance of buttons to press and the spread of light onto the frame. Thus the sum of the two faceplates is 11mm (5 and 6 plexy wood), the height of the rectangle is 13.7 and the difference is then 2.7 mm. At this point I came to ask: is not that pressing, this' height is less than the frame? From my measurements sophisticated (ha!) Seems not, because it changes the key around two millimeters, as shown in the photo at the bottom (two would suffice, but I also got a mania for photography!).
- The second 's height of the frame. At first my idea was to separate the logic from the PCB with LEDs and buttons to get a little box containing the first and an almost flat faceplate arduinome to play more comfortably. Then deterred from transport, inevitably more difficult, I returned to the starting point, but they remain 's idea to make it as low as possible (monome is 38mm high!). L 'total height is 51mm including the faceplate, the actual space that will fill with the logical part is 28mm and I hope enough. I'd do it even lower, but I would not have to redo because of space.
The white light suffused coming out from the cracks in the bottom of the box, I thought to reduce eyestrain resulting from prolonged use of arduinome the dark (after hours of flashing lights in total darkness you a bit stoned) e. .. the aesthetic component also wants its share!
said that, in these days (final exams) I'll finish the project of 'enclosure and graphics to be screen-printed on one side of the box. Meanwhile, I begin to think of the name you give to this, my first creation!
foolproof method to measure 'the pressure drop of a button:)
