neilhart
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This is scratch build # 5 that I have titled “doodle”.
Maybe not the best name. It is however a platform for me to try out some concepts that I have been thinking about.
The motherboard is the GigaByte GA-B85N that I had used for a short time in the Mini-ITX tower project (scratch build # 3).
My intention is to spend very little on this build and I plan to borrow parts from my other systems as needed. Also there is no completion time table.
I made up 4 motherboard standoffs and cut them to 0.6 inch in height. With this height I have room under the motherboard for cables and drives.
For a start I cut out a strip of 3 mm aluminum using my table saw, 7 inches wide by about 17 inches long. This again is material from salvaged G5 Power Macs so it has one good side where the other is pock marked from G5 PM pressed inserts (which have been removed leaving the pock marks).
I used the table saw to cut “scores” for the two bends that I had planned. The “scores” are about three saw cuts wide, about 0.2 inches and about 70% of the material thickness deep to insure easy folding to form the 90 degree bends.
After bending, I trimmed the panel to 9.25 inches from the bend.
I then cut a clear acrylic panel to fit (3 x 7 inches).
I cut the IO panel window, and drilled 9 blind holes from the back to fit small LEDs.
I populated 6 locations with small yellow LED where each has a current limiting resistor on the anode.
Mounted the motherboard.
And then a check for the IO panel lighting. Hummm….
A note: I am now on a fixed income and I plan to stop working on these projects sometime soon. I plan to switch my focus to software development. This should give me plenty of problems to solve while not being as costly as my hardware projects.
I welcome comments and questions.
Good modding,
neil
Maybe not the best name. It is however a platform for me to try out some concepts that I have been thinking about.
The motherboard is the GigaByte GA-B85N that I had used for a short time in the Mini-ITX tower project (scratch build # 3).
My intention is to spend very little on this build and I plan to borrow parts from my other systems as needed. Also there is no completion time table.
I made up 4 motherboard standoffs and cut them to 0.6 inch in height. With this height I have room under the motherboard for cables and drives.
For a start I cut out a strip of 3 mm aluminum using my table saw, 7 inches wide by about 17 inches long. This again is material from salvaged G5 Power Macs so it has one good side where the other is pock marked from G5 PM pressed inserts (which have been removed leaving the pock marks).
I used the table saw to cut “scores” for the two bends that I had planned. The “scores” are about three saw cuts wide, about 0.2 inches and about 70% of the material thickness deep to insure easy folding to form the 90 degree bends.
After bending, I trimmed the panel to 9.25 inches from the bend.
I then cut a clear acrylic panel to fit (3 x 7 inches).
I cut the IO panel window, and drilled 9 blind holes from the back to fit small LEDs.
I populated 6 locations with small yellow LED where each has a current limiting resistor on the anode.
Mounted the motherboard.
And then a check for the IO panel lighting. Hummm….
A note: I am now on a fixed income and I plan to stop working on these projects sometime soon. I plan to switch my focus to software development. This should give me plenty of problems to solve while not being as costly as my hardware projects.
I welcome comments and questions.
Good modding,
neil