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Modding Project all-plexi keyboard --KONG is a god!! -- no really! he is!!!

Discussion in 'Modding' started by malcs, 30 Aug 2003.

  1. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    modded the molex on 12v and all is fine :D


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  2. bard

    bard Modding isn't what it used to be

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    Looks fantastic. Is my LED in the mail now?
     
  3. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    also here is a video of the flashing light :D it is soo bright on 12v!!


    its in .mpg format just right click then download its 255K

    download it from here
     
  4. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yeah your LED is in the mail :D in a big bubblewrap postpac
     
  5. bsodmike

    bsodmike Banned

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    Your saying the led just flashes upon powering it, no extra circuitry? Woah! However you can't control the pulse :(

    a 555time can fix that...but the circuitry gets bigger :p still you can do it I guess if you stick to SMD.

    Mike
     
  6. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yeah :) and it works straight off 12V with no extra resistors, and doesn't get hot :D
     
  7. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    OK i have found out that i can use the School CNC every thursday :) i am going to use this to cut the plexi-- would acrylic work better? all i have to do is work out a final design :s i could use it tomorrow if i want to :) again, i need to work out a design :S oh dear... hard work...
     
  8. bard

    bard Modding isn't what it used to be

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    I though acrylic was plexi, but I might be wrong.
    Please please please come up with a design today, malcs, so you can CNC it tomorrow! I can't wait!
    Do you know where to get the SMD LEDs from now?
     
  9. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yeah i can get plenty of SMD leds from RS its SMD transistors im having problems with :(
     
  10. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    As far as I know plexiglass is acrylic. Your two basic types of plastic are acrylic and polycarbonate.

    The main differences are that polycarbonate can have a nicer finish but is slightly more brittle than acrylic. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong though since I'm not 100%.
     
  11. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    oh ok then i thought acrylic was slightly more fragile than plexi but there ya go.. i will use about 0.5cm thick plexi for the main thing and then 0.6 or the nearest thing to it for the keys

    that should give a total width of below 2cm if i get the PCB right :)
     
  12. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    ok the keyboard is going to be 450mm by 160mm that should be fine on the CNC :) i may need to post a full size pic on the forums to remind myself :s actually i might just link it :s



    ok im going to make the top 0.5mm thick and the bottom same, and the keys 0.6mm thick aha!! i see something forming in my mind... time to get into 3ds max to try out some concepts :)
     
  13. Arcana

    Arcana What's a Dremel?

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    3DS Max and Autocad....awesome tools for the modder :rock: :dremel:
     
  14. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yarss indeedy am trying to get the layout correct with the traces on the keyboard + the model has to be real life size for the CNC!!! i am also working out sizes of the kyes spacebar etc.. keys should hav the same surface area as a normal key :)
     
  15. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    OK here is a quick work in progress shot have completed the design-- note the rounded corners etc... i wont do traces as that will mess up the design when im doing the final CAD but still i am going to do lights later :)


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    zoomed out--

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  16. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    Looking nice so far. It would be great if you could give the keys a slight curve on the face. Like so they're slightly convex.

    Can't wait to see how this turns out!
     
  17. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    yeah would love to do that to the keys but i think that might be a wee bit difficult to do on every single key esp. with the CNC lol
     
  18. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    also... here is a lit version of the keyboard with an idea of where the numlock capslok scrollok stuff lights will go :)

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  19. Shadowspawn

    Shadowspawn Another hated American.

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    Small point, but plexi is short for Plexiglass, a brand name. That is all, we now return you to your regularly scheduled modding.

    BTW, watching this thread with high interest.
     
  20. malcs

    malcs oops! i put a hole in the ***** :(

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    ok this link is a full size plan view for me to do the overview on the CNC tomorrow :)


    i may not get round to doing the actual CNC-ing but at least i will have it all on the PC ready to do :)

    the full sized keyboard plan


    this is a 100% image that is the real size of everything :)
     

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