[sdiy] Designing front panels for synths

[Spiros Makris]

There are some commercial modules using this approach. The cheap module
lines from Dreadbox used PCB panels (I'm not sure about their latest
colorful series). Makenoise has used them in some devices too, I believe.
They are not as durable as aluminum, for sure, but then again, you'd expect
most users won't drop their modules on the floor. Even if they do, though,
a replacement PCB panel is very cheap.
They are a bit on the bendy side, so big panels with push switches would
need some consideration - still, much cheaper than getting an aluminum
panel of the same size and visual quality.
For DIY especially, I don't see anything wrong with using them, to be
honest.


On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 6:19 PM Didier Leplae via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> This may be slightly off topic, but how do people feel about PCBs as front
> panels? So far this has been how I have been doing it. I guess it’s not
> ideal, but the results are decent and quite cost effective when making
> small quantities.
> Are there ways to make metal face plates in small quantities that are
> affordable?
>
>
> > On Oct 14, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Neil Johnson <neil.johnson71 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > One good source for learning are the front panels of good quality test
> equipment, from the likes of HP, Tektronix, Fluke, Philips.  Companies that
> have entire departments responsible for the
> ergonomics/"man-machine-interface" (or Human Factors as it used to be
> called).
> >
> > Neil
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