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• Putting it all together

  Scott Clandinin • 02/21/2018 at 01:24 • 0 comments

  With everything ordered and printed, I soldered up the electronics. It was an absolute mess, and I'll definitely be ordering custom PCBs for future projects.

  I 3D printed several light diffusing sheets of different thicknesses. I ended up going with 0.8mm thick of printed PLA. The pyramid-shaped diffuser was neat but didn't suit the project.

  Notice the standoff I ripped out in the middle due to a lack of space.

  What a mess.

  I ended up running out of space on the main board and put a satellite board on the right side of the enclosure. Luckily I didn't really need a second button!

  I designed up a little WiFi symbol to cover up the open hole.

• The case and glass

  Scott Clandinin • 02/20/2018 at 05:42 • 0 comments

  25.5 hours, my largest print yet. Glad the power didn't go out!

  Once the frosted glass decal arrived I bought some clear acrylic and cut it to size. The finished result was pretty good.

  The acrylic was cut slightly too wide, so I tried cleaning it up without much success. I cut a fresh piece of acrylic and applied the other copy of the decal I ordered.

• Initial Designs

  Scott Clandinin • 02/17/2018 at 04:35 • 0 comments

  I changed the original vision slightly by removing the option of doing an internet speed test. I decided I didn't want to deal with having to redesign and reprogram if the internet speed test API changed or went offline.

  For the frosted decal I used the website BannerBuzz with the image I designed.

  I designed the enclosure in Autodesk Fusion 360 to be 3D printed.

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