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My front panel arrives
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philetaylor
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17 December 2009
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I ordered a front panel for my Sequencer (using Wilba's design) from Julian at www.thebeast.co.uk.
The panel looks great but as anybody following the discussions will know, it isn't easy for Julian to make threaded blinds so we decided to go for blinds that are large enough to fit a hex spacer in. They are 5.72mm diameter x 2mm deep.
As JB Weld isn't that common in the UK, I thought I would try Loctite "Bond Loc". This is available from Maplin http://www.maplin.co...?ModuleNo=46006 and claims to bond metal very well (it contains stainless steel!).
I thought I would try the spacers for the LCD, there are 8mm deep (including the 2mm blind) so the LCD stands off 6mm from the back of the panel. Once I have some 2mm perspex/acrylic for the window, this should be fine (hopefully).
While waiting for the Bond Loc to cure I built the Core32 module that I had earmarked for this. That went without a hitch and seems to work fine!
The LCD's fit fine, bit of a cock-up though, I bought them cheap off t'ebay and they are Electroluminescent backlight ones. Oh well. One 5v inverter order later (only £12 so not too bad), That works quite well the picture shows it is a blue/green backlight so not unpleasant. I am still undecided whether I like the displays but they will do for now.
I am now stopped until my PCB and other kit arrives, hopefully in January.
Phil
The panel looks great but as anybody following the discussions will know, it isn't easy for Julian to make threaded blinds so we decided to go for blinds that are large enough to fit a hex spacer in. They are 5.72mm diameter x 2mm deep.
As JB Weld isn't that common in the UK, I thought I would try Loctite "Bond Loc". This is available from Maplin http://www.maplin.co...?ModuleNo=46006 and claims to bond metal very well (it contains stainless steel!).
I thought I would try the spacers for the LCD, there are 8mm deep (including the 2mm blind) so the LCD stands off 6mm from the back of the panel. Once I have some 2mm perspex/acrylic for the window, this should be fine (hopefully).
While waiting for the Bond Loc to cure I built the Core32 module that I had earmarked for this. That went without a hitch and seems to work fine!
The LCD's fit fine, bit of a cock-up though, I bought them cheap off t'ebay and they are Electroluminescent backlight ones. Oh well. One 5v inverter order later (only £12 so not too bad), That works quite well the picture shows it is a blue/green backlight so not unpleasant. I am still undecided whether I like the displays but they will do for now.
I am now stopped until my PCB and other kit arrives, hopefully in January.
Phil
Re: JB Weld, i bought it from this English ebay seller for a decent price, might be handy for other users:
http://stores.shop.e...S__W0QQ_armrsZ1