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More on the general order of how, where, when, which, and maybe... eventually... a big side-order of "why?".
Closeup of the paddle-switch/LED panel ( I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to steam-punk-ify this, yet ), shown earlier, to detail the construction plan. Notice, on the underside, that these are connectible via terminal screws. This is the pattern that will be followed throughout , using terminal strips, cable connecters, and pin-type terminal blocks, rather than hard-wiring any of the raw switches, dials, meters, levers, tools and cranks, etc. This is to allow the whole set-up to be as easily re-configurable ( or dis-mantel-able ) as possible.
Also shown is a PIC controlled LED-display and switch sub-panel, sized and shaped for dropping easily into the holes cut in the plexiglass panels.
Ok... Confessions of a Dumpster-Diving Addict, here. I can't help it. To me, an abandoned circuit-board or unpurchased component is like a starving lost puppy... just crying to be put to good use! Consequently, I've collected, and assembled, a lot of stuff... over the years. So here's just a tiny fraction of the DC/DC converter and relay modules, and terminal hardware, and other things, that I could invest into this project.
It's meant to grow... and I've got a lot of lost puppies to feed to it!
...aand, in case you were wondering, there will be a central column, contained by this one-foot diameter plexiglass tube ( well... wood wouldn't do, here... ). And this will house a framework of moving platforms and riggings, to which can be attached DC motors, steppers, optical components, lights, spark-coils, lasers... whatever and whenever.
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Closeup of the paddle-switch/LED panel ( I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to steam-punk-ify this, yet ), shown earlier, to detail the construction plan. Notice, on the underside, that these are connectible via terminal screws. This is the pattern that will be followed throughout , using terminal strips, cable connecters, and pin-type terminal blocks, rather than hard-wiring any of the raw switches, dials, meters, levers, tools and cranks, etc. This is to allow the whole set-up to be as easily re-configurable ( or dis-mantel-able ) as possible.
Also shown is a PIC controlled LED-display and switch sub-panel, sized and shaped for dropping easily into the holes cut in the plexiglass panels.
Ok... Confessions of a Dumpster-Diving Addict, here. I can't help it. To me, an abandoned circuit-board or unpurchased component is like a starving lost puppy... just crying to be put to good use! Consequently, I've collected, and assembled, a lot of stuff... over the years. So here's just a tiny fraction of the DC/DC converter and relay modules, and terminal hardware, and other things, that I could invest into this project.
It's meant to grow... and I've got a lot of lost puppies to feed to it!
...aand, in case you were wondering, there will be a central column, contained by this one-foot diameter plexiglass tube ( well... wood wouldn't do, here... ). And this will house a framework of moving platforms and riggings, to which can be attached DC motors, steppers, optical components, lights, spark-coils, lasers... whatever and whenever.
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