It's funny how vested I become in other peoples projects, almost like I'm in the workshop with them.
Home Stretch. I'm looking forward to seeing it done!
Me too! I'm the same way - there are a bunch of projects around here I can't wait to see finished (yours included).
Looking good!
I used extra strong velcro to mount everything in the back of my bartop. Nothing budges
But I know what you mean... you get a lot of cables in there... fitting them all in neatly is a struggle!
I thought about using velcro but I had the double sided tape on hand so I just went with it. I got the PCB for the monitor mounted last night. It was easy enough - I added some PCB feet to the board and then used double sided tape on the bottom to attach it. I checked this morning and everything seems to be holding up well.
This is a shot kind of looking straight down into the back of the cab - you can see the PCB with the white plastic feet stuck to the back of the monitor. I mounted it low to give me some extra room up top because the ipac and the raspberry pi are going to stick out from the back door and into the cabinet by at least an inch.
Unfortunately, the holes in the Raspberry Pi are too small for the PCB feet I ordered - I did some checking and it looks like the holes are 2.5mm in diameter but I think 3mm will do the trick so I'm going to drill them out a little bit by hand and see if I can get the feet attached. It just makes life easier.
How old is this ipac? Look at the connector!
Finally here is a random shot from the front looking inside under the monitor. In all of these pictures you can see the wire bunches I have to deal with. I may try and cut them shorter and splice the connectors back on. I'm a little nervous because I don't know what is inside of a USB cable - if it is just a couple of wires then no big deal but if it is like the inside of some CAT6 wiring I don't want to mess with it.
It is a really tight fit inside. I'm not sure how the CP controls will work yet either. I need space for the joystick and button wires plus the 2 wires for the servo and the servo PCB. I hope it all fits and isn't too tight that airflow becomes an issue. I'm glad I cut out those 3 big holes on the back so that air can get in and out at least.
So tonight the plan is to:
- drill out the holes in the Raspberry Pi
- mount the Raspberry Pi and the ipac to the the back door
- finish all wiring (other than the CP) if that means cutting and splicing them to fit
- start wiring the CP