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[B][M] Initial BOM made

A project log for Tetrinsic [gd0041]

A motorised fader that is continuous, pressure sensitive, haptic and water resistant.

kelvinakelvinA 01/04/2023 at 11:422 Comments

[B] = BOM / Pricing log

It's interesting to see that the BOM so far is very close to the £20 figure I had in my head. I'm thinking of getting 11 just so that I have spare components should I break something in testing.

About the brass spacer, I looked up and down AliExpress and Ebay for a silver coloured one, but it seems that the M2 yellow brass spacer is the only one that is likely small enough to work. The good news is that it's also the cheapest option by a decent margain.

An aluminium one is 4mm and stainless steel is 4.7.

The requirement of the beam also means that the centre of the LCD isn't visible. This might not be so bad though, as now 2 seperate animations on each side could be done without looking strange.

Whilst on the subject of the CAD plan, I've decided to take the outer path through the load cell to reduce on overal length whilst having more material in the connection point between the load cell and the small block.

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RunnerPack wrote 01/04/2023 at 13:59 point

Re: Standoffs:

https://www.instructables.com/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/

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kelvinA wrote 01/04/2023 at 14:07 point

Hmmm it actually looks kind of straightforward actually. Thanks for this link.

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