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Simple removable control panels
spystyle:
LOL, I didn't realize we were such a financially conservative bunch :)
I concede.
Post some pics of your solutions so we can correct this terrible thread !
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: spystyle on December 16, 2012, 12:43:56 pm ---LOL, I didn't realize we were such a financially conservative bunch :)
I concede.
Post some pics of your solutions so we can correct this terrible thread !
--- End quote ---
:duckhunt
Oh no, we're just here to criticize your work and let you know how wrong you are ;)
I haven't done swappable panels so good for you for tackling the project! I do think you should take Paige's advice about adding some sort of component protection to the bottom. I've seen tupperware used to great affect along those lines.
Check out Switchcade for an incredibly well done execution of the basic idea.
rCadeGaming:
Lol, sorry to be a dick, it just sounded as if you were being stubborn and illogical; and I'm all for spending top dollar on a cabinet, but that's just pissing away money for no gain.
Basically, you take all the wires between your buttons and your encoder, bundle them together, cut them in the middle, and wire them through a single connection for convenience. Try one of these, it's a DB-25, meaning it can connect 25 wires:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/171-025-103L001/225ME-ND/858135
See those hollow things on the back? They're called solder cups, and they're very convenient to solder to. Here's the matching female connector:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/171-025-203L001/225FE-ND/858144
The screw holes on the ends can be used to mount them to a hole in a flat surface, or you can use a hood to make it a free hanging connection. A hood just covers up the connections in the back of the D-sub and provides strain relief:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/86303639BLF/609-1426-ND/1001740
If you need to make more than 25 connections, you can use a DB-37:
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/171-037-103L001/237ME-ND/858153
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/171-037-203L001/237FE-ND/858162
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/86303640BLF/609-1427-ND/1001741
Click my projects thread in my signature for an example (with pictures) of something I used a D-sub connector for.
walker_tr9:
Yes, but how much extra time is spent on wiring up this extra connector? Can you do it in an hour? If not, then I would spend the extra $25!
BTW: spystyle, can you post a bigger pic of the underside of the CP? I want to see how the notches look from under there (the ones that mate with the cabinet). Anyway, nice idea.
rCadeGaming:
Yes, you could do it in under an hour, the cab side connections only have to be done once, and we're talking an extra $25 per panel.
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