Project: Tempest SXR

[SXRguyinMA]

alright so I just ordered these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

And will be doing something similar to rendermandan's case feet on Dark Carbon

Will post an update once the spacers arrive!

[x88x]

Mmmm, CF...beautius.

[SXRguyinMA]

alright so after a lot of messing with the feet, they're not going to work. I mean can make them work no problem, but the round CF tubes just don't fit with the overall look of the case. So that idea is scrapped. I'm just waiting on my FIL to use his D3000 and this project will be done!

[SXRguyinMA]

Alright my father-in-law left about 30 mins ago, here's a teaser

(Oh and it was a Pentax, coulda sworn it was a Nikon though)

I should have the pics in raw format on a DVD from him withing the next few days! He also took some nice pics of Rockin Case (FINALLY!)

[Waynio]

I love that top piece, & the motorization of it is super cool SXRguyinMA . +rep

[SXRguyinMA]

thanks!

speaking of motorization....

[Waynio]

Even sounds cool & opens so fast but precise, the rgb lights look very sweet too, superb mod bud .
This has got me tempted to order a servo & experiment to see if I could find a use for 1 in a mod .

[SXRguyinMA]

it's simple to learn, I had never done ANYTHING with microcontrollers or Arduino before this. Arduino is SUPER easy to learn. Although crenn and oneslowz28 did help me out here and there

I was to pick up another Arduino just to have to play around with, it's fun, and the uses are almost unlimited

[blueonblack]

Ok, forgive me if I missed it, becuase I just did a re-reading of this worklog but it was admittedly quick. The louvers are controlled by temperature sensors, correct? Where and how are they placed?

[SXRguyinMA]

they're controlled by a single temp sensor, and it is taped to the topside of the base of my CPU cooler

The two red lines are where the temp sensors are. one for the louvers and the other for the sentry 2 fan controller for the CPU fan. it reads about 10ºC less than what Core Temp says in that position, but part of that may be due to the fan blowing air directly onto the sensors. I may move them, but that seemed like the best place for now. I may put them under the CPU retention bracket like that in that one vid someone posted on here a while back