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Subject: Re: Follow up

From: "djbrow54" <davebr@...>
Date: 2009-08-15

Nice panel work.

It looks like the panel is setup for the Ext I/O connector I chose which was a mini-Din. There isn't a lot of retention force to keep the plug inserted into the jack. There are threads on that jack so there must be a plug somewhere that will connect and screw in. I've been unable to find one. It works but could be better.

At the time I did my panel I chose Piher potentiometers because there were 16 on the panel and they were relatively inexpensive. They work fine but note if you use some other potentiometer the hole diameter is probably wrong. They use a 7 mm hole. Also note each shaft has to be cut off which is easy since they are plastic. I used RadioShack 274-415 since they were much less than the Tyco knobs.

I ended up masking and painting the edge around the LCD. It sure would be nice if someone could find a bezel that would work.

The biggest issue in building this panel is there is no PCB for the 11 LEDs. This is just waiting for someone to join in and lay one out and figure out a mounting scheme.

Nice to see some activity on this and hopefully there will be some more programs to share.

Dave



--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "julianfincham" <julian@...> wrote:
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> >...when the panel is done, ill post up a picture (or a link to a picture) of it here for the rest of the group to see.
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> As promised, ive just finished Tibor's panel, and uploaded a photo here -
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> http://www.thebeast.co.uk/cnc/cvs.jpg
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> Thank you,
> Julian