Universal Control panel build
24 Mar 2024 15:38 #296625
by blazini36
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01 Apr 2024 00:12 #297314
by pippin88
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Hinge / adjustable keyboard looks great to me. Might not be ideal for a workplace setting as exposed pinch points, but for personal use it's a simple and reliable functional design.
The 4x4 button panels -> are they individual buttons that you've put on a PCB yourself, or are they a ready made matrix?
Can you please share the source for the keyboard?
The 4x4 button panels -> are they individual buttons that you've put on a PCB yourself, or are they a ready made matrix?
Can you please share the source for the keyboard?
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01 Apr 2024 02:57 #297323
by blazini36
Keypad is mine, it's a single 4x8, there's just a little extra space in the middle.
Keyboards like that are sold on AliExpress...just search for "stainless keyboard"
Replied by blazini36 on topic Universal Control panel build
There's no pinch point. Pictures are missing some minor hardware....wasn't expecting OSHA in the thread lol.Hinge / adjustable keyboard looks great to me. Might not be ideal for a workplace setting as exposed pinch points, but for personal use it's a simple and reliable functional design.
The 4x4 button panels -> are they individual buttons that you've put on a PCB yourself, or are they a ready made matrix?
Can you please share the source for the keyboard?
Keypad is mine, it's a single 4x8, there's just a little extra space in the middle.
Keyboards like that are sold on AliExpress...just search for "stainless keyboard"
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01 Apr 2024 03:13 #297329
by pippin88
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Thanks. Aliexpress search sucks - I tried a bunch of different terms but kept coming up with those cheap soft membrane waterproof keyboards. Stainless keyboard works.
(and they seem to have gone SEO crazy, and now trying to use google with site:aliexpress mostly results in aliexpress pages generated with that search term, not actual product listings).
(and they seem to have gone SEO crazy, and now trying to use google with site:aliexpress mostly results in aliexpress pages generated with that search term, not actual product listings).
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01 Apr 2024 03:36 #297333
by blazini36
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Search for davokeyboard and sinowork I thinkThanks. Aliexpress search sucks - I tried a bunch of different terms but kept coming up with those cheap soft membrane waterproof keyboards. Stainless keyboard works.
(and they seem to have gone SEO crazy, and now trying to use google with site:aliexpress mostly results in aliexpress pages generated with that search term, not actual product listings).
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27 Jun 2024 17:34 #303913
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Did you decide to build a few for sale? If so, have you settled on a price? and if not, would you be willing to sell me a copy of your CAD? This looks great, and I have a machine to finish off.
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27 Jun 2024 19:34 #303927
by blazini36
I went back to the drawing board and made an EtherCAT controller for the IO which I prototyped months ago. Hold up on that is I have someone writing the firmaware for it and it's taking longer than I hoped/expected, hopefully it will be done soon.
It could of course just use something like a Mesa 7i90HD like any other control panel somebody might build.
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I did not build extras yet but I have material cut for 4 or 5 more that I wanted to make the enclosures for and get them all powdercoated at once. Hold up has just been the fact that I was not satisfied with the software implementation of Arduino-Connector as I had issues with lag on the inputs that's really not acceptable. So I got sidetracked until I get this sorted.Did you decide to build a few for sale? If so, have you settled on a price? and if not, would you be willing to sell me a copy of your CAD? This looks great, and I have a machine to finish off.
I went back to the drawing board and made an EtherCAT controller for the IO which I prototyped months ago. Hold up on that is I have someone writing the firmaware for it and it's taking longer than I hoped/expected, hopefully it will be done soon.
It could of course just use something like a Mesa 7i90HD like any other control panel somebody might build.
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30 Jun 2024 20:55 #304099
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Time to work on stuff like this gets us all! I really like your foldaway keyboard hinges, and the whole project looks great. I have two machines to finish up, a big '90's Taiwanese bed mill that just needs the control panel built, and a lathe conversion that needs all of the control work done. I plan to use your hinge design, and the same keyboard, thanks!
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