faulty leds during previous projects...
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| m o n o m e d i y k i t by x n d r |
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| Package contents unpacked, ready to start soldering... |
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| Logic board PCB & components |
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| Assembled logic board |
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| Solder side of logic board |
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| Grid PCB, ready to start soldering the SMD diodes |
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| Diodes on backside are all done, time to move on with the yellow 3mm leds. I always test leds before soldering, I've had trouble with faulty leds during previous projects... |
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| Checking alignment, 2 rows done, 6 to go.. |
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| All wired up, testing functionality of both leds and keypads.. Everything seems to work!! |
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| Pretty nice stuff!! I just love leds and buttons!! |
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| Illuminated keypads.. again... |
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| My basic setup, Sony Vaio for realtime visual stuff, C2D MacBook for audio... |
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| More illuminated keypads... |
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| And more... |
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| And more.. |
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| And again... |
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| And again... |
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| _40h_test patch, the orientation of my buttongrid isn't right yet, will check that when the case is ready... |
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| This is how I received my faceplate :'( Due to the lack of good packaging (and a mailman who likes to play frisbee??) |
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| The machined faceplate looks really good, a job well done by Schaeffer AG. |
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| Here's a quick scetch of the way I'm going to build the wooden base. The bottom of the enclosure will be made of 2mm aluminium. |
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| First part of wooden base. |
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| All genuine handwork, using a tenon saw and a mitre box. |
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| Leftovers of 2.5 meters of teak wood. |
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| Testing measurements and angles before sanding. |
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| I chose to add some cornerpieces for strength and mounting of bottom plate, also makes good use of the left-over material. |
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| Sanding done, time to glue the pieces together. |
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| Using some kind of ribbon with cornerguides to clamp and hold everything together while the glue dries. |
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| The freshly cut bottom of the enclosure made out of 2mm aluminium. |
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| Glue has dried, time to get the rest done... |
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| The alu bottom panel fits nicely inside its new home (the protective foil is still attached). |
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| Cornerpieces, before and after some modifications. |
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| Adding hex spacers to the wood so that I can use regular M3 bolts to mount the bottom panel. |
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| Time to get the glue out again. |
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| Using clamps to keep everything together while the glue dries once again. |
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| One hour later: the cornerpieces are tightly glued to the frame. |
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| Alu bottom panel ready to get some holes drilled. |
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| Logic PCB mounted, figuring out where the USB connector has to be fed through the wood. |
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| The hole should come there.. somewhere.. |
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| Hole done. |
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| How I mounted the logic PCB. These where some brass spacers that I had lying around, their height came closest to what I needed. |
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| Rambo armour wood finish, protection factor 8 with DB Technology... A lot of marketing mumbo jumbo, but it doesn't come with a M60 machine gun like the real Rambo does ;-) |
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| After one layer of wood finish. It accentuates the woods texture. |
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| Final assembly. Another DIY monome is finally born. |
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| Temporary philips screws until I get a shipment of hex bolts. I used self adhesive rubber feet for clearance and damping. |
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| The USB cable also fits, time to power the unit up to see if everything still works.. |
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| Testing with 40h Flip, everything works fine! |
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| 40h VU patch, very pretty! Thanks to the monomes and the cool community for inspiration and their support. Keep up the good work! XNDR |