kosmokramer
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I havent gone through all 16 pages yet (but I definitely will) how did you mount the touchscreen in your panel ?
kosmokramer said:I havent gone through all 16 pages yet (but I definitely will) how did you mount the touchscreen in your panel ?
An opening that fits the screen of the monitor is being cut out of the door of my control panel. The monitor has 8 mounting holes around the perimeter as it was pulled from a similar application.
jtkratzer said:Ludicrous speed!
Sweet panel. The look is unique and awesome.
It'd be sweet if you could get the startup of that screen to do the plaid bit in Space Balls.
Makes me think of the Dog from the movie Up.
This build would be hard to put a price tag on as many of the components were snapped up through deals that came along at the right time. For example, most of my tri-clamp parts were purchased on eBay and the timing/pricing of those can be hit or miss. One day you might find a Tee for $10 or if you wanted to purchase it retail it could go for $35. There is thousands of dollars tied up in items just purchased regularly and it is hard to keep track of all the little items purchased through many trips to Lowes or HD. I am really in this for the adventure/challenge, there are obviously many ways to produce an awesome system without some of the costs I have incurred.
That being said, I have built up the front panel potentiometer assemblies:
Still waiting on the front door to begin assembling everything. Over time more items on the control board are being tested. The solenoid valve control circuits work well and so does the serial port for comms with the PC. Next on the software hitlist is the 1-wire comms for the temp sensors.
Awesome! That panel looks like something from a 70's era Mad Scientist's Lab!
Ok, but then a good question would be, would you do this for someone for the right price?
Wow very cool looking forward to seeing how this all comes together.
TheFlyingBeer,
This is a beautiful build, amazing in all aspects. Do you have a full system pic with the new heat exchanger pot?
-G
Everything fits like a dream, it is very rewarding to see the hours and hours spent modeling, designing, and choosing parts pay off with something tangible. The enclosure and door will be painted black like my power control box. Some up close shots of the switches and indicators:
Everything on the inside of the door is a very tight fit but it works. I have a lot of work ahead of me wiring and testing it all.
Taking a day trip tomorrow so I have to wait impatiently to continue working on this. There will be a lot going on over the next few weeks.
I don't know whether I missed it or if you talked about it, but what are you using to control the ScreenKeys? I ended up with a few that I didn't use on a project, and I'd like to incorporate them into my controller box. I don't mind trying to figure out the driver software, but it would be nice to get a little nudge in that direction.
I am very excited to see everything coming together.
Are those skateboard wheels mounted between the rotors? Definitely a genius design. What kind of flow rates do you get with it?
I think the are.....very nice. I guess if you have a reversable motor you and put in or take out with the flip of a switch and only one hose change.
...back to the ScreenKeys for a second...
After a few days tinkering with the keys, I got an FPGA-based driver working. Now that I figured out all of the idiosyncrasies, they're pretty nice to work with.
A few questions though...
What did you end up using them for? From the looks of your panel, you're going to use them to show temp. Are you actually using the button function of them? Also, where did you find the nice flip-up covers for them?
Thanks.
It's kind of a pain to get from image to 108 byte data array that represents all of the pixels. I've also written a few LabVIEW VIs that help with that. I probably should go one step further and make an executable that takes a 36x24 pixel image and spits out the 108 byte array.
I saw in earlier posts that you were using LabVIEW's Statechart Module for your high-level control. Is that still the plan, to use Statechart for the supervisory control?
Any updates coming soon?
Have you seen the Labview/Arduino bundle from SparkFun? Looks like a great way to get started.I'm curious if you have your vi created yet, and if so, would be willing to share?
Hope you post a brew-day youtube when you get it up and running!
The PCBs are uploaded to BatchPCB so if they work and don't need any revisions I could easily allow others to buy them. I have no problem distributing design details or code... once it is created. The valve control functions are still months away unfortunately.Any plans on selling those little control boards for the valves? If you are considering it, count me in as a serious customer for a handful or more.
Prost!
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