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    alright so I did some more messin around with sketchup, here's revision 2






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    very impressive. i would have never though of the PSU as something to mod to this extreme level. cant wait to see the actual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpmeyer038 View Post
    very impressive. i would have never though of the PSU as something to mod to this extreme level. cant wait to see the actual.
    Lol. what he said. Nice bench top PSU... are you just getting a cheap PSU to run in it?
    Not dead yet

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    I picked up a Dynex (BestBuy brand, line Rosewill is to NewEgg) 400W PSU on ebay for under $10 with free shipping, so it'll be used for this mod

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    Alright I got some actual work done on this thing finally

    The PSU:



    Disassembly:





    Wiring trimmed:



    The multimeter:



    Disassembly:





    Template to cut out the acrylic panel:



    The outside frame will be made up of 3/4" 90º aluminum angle beam. Each section will be approximately 8" long.

    Beam marked:



    And cut:





    And halfway done:



    And all the parts cut and sanded and filed:



    I've got 8 pieces with angles that will be the top and bottom frames. The 4 pieces without angles will be the corner vertical pieces. The acrylic will be riveted to the angles with 2 rivets on each side.

    I also got my voltage meter straightened out with help from the folks over at the Arduino forums:







    This will give real-time readings with a once-per-second update on the voltages on all 3 lines (3.3v, 5v and 12v).

    And a screenshot of my eagle layout for good measure

    ::Image removed due to errors. See updated image below::


    I may just solder this up in a regular mini RadioShack perfboard for now, as I don't know when or if I'll actually have one made, although its nice to know the option is there
    Last edited by SXRguyinMA; 12-11-2010 at 03:40 PM. Reason: Removed eagle image due to errors

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    Nice work on the display, I might be using that on my own.
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    let me know if you want to and I'll give you the code

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    actually, I just noticed an error with that Eagle design. don't use it

    I'll get it updated tonight

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    fixed it


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    Oh man this is so cool.

    Everyone needs one of these.
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