Building Sasha's x0xb0x

Just find normal DC adapter and connect the wires directly to the trafo secondary. Just make sure the adapter is hold by screws and it is not glued togerher.

I bought a bunch od old Alcatel mobile 500mA 12V adapters on a flea market very cheap. They are perfect for the x0x.

EDIT:

This is how my second x0xb0x looks like. It has only white diffused LEDs.

More pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fibra

Hiya

got my x0x finished :slight_smile: *yayyy

works like a charm from scratch…more pictures here

MTE … you’re always at the top of the out-there case designs.  Beautiful work.

Did you panel-mount the pots, or did you make a new board for your custom layout?

Thank you nebula :slight_smile:

the Panel is complete customized, means al pots, buttons etc mounted on breadboards and wired to the main/io-boards :wink:

next time opening the case (for modding) ill take some “inside”-photos :wink:

This is how my second x0xb0x looks like. It has only white diffused LEDs.

lexan paper isn’t it ? beautiful 8)

Just find normal DC adapter and connect the wires directly to the trafo secondary.

please, say what? …   ???

lexan paper isn’t it ? beautiful 8)

No, it is not Lexan. It is Rowmark (french company) Texture. It is material based on acrylic for outdor usage with special coatings to protect it from UV and other weather conditions. It is extremely scratch proof. I think Lexan overlays are printed, my panel is laser engraved.

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please, say what? …   ???

Vlad, why you think there are something risky about doing it? There are only 2 wires going out of the transformer. As you dont wanna use any electronic just solder the wires before rectifycation diodes or remove the PCB completely as you dont need it. Thet is what I did. I`d let  my mother do it with no worry.

ok, i got what you mean, i think?

The problem is that PSUs i have here are way different, and i don’t understand that much in them. those are much smaller, weighting about 50-100g, like those from cellphones, laptops, scanners printers and zip drives.

Are those useful too?

No, use a wallwart DC adapter, not naked transformer. You dont wanna make any kind of housing, dont you?

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This is the phone adapter I modified

i’d like to go with wallwarts, yep… the problem is the components inside [those psu’s i have seen] are bizarre!  8)

will keep on looking

Just desolder the PCB and youll left with only 2 wires. Dont use the adapters that has multiple voltages. Find single voltage adapter and you`ll have no problems find 2 wires. :wink:

[those psu’s i have seen] are bizarre! 

you talk about “switching PSU” ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply

you don’t need that stuff ! Sasha is right, the best is to get a very basic 9V DC supply, already prepared to plug in the wall, opening it, removing the diodes and the capacitor used to transform the AC in DC, and directly connecting the wire to the power jack for the x0xb0x.

why modify if you can have original? and for free, too?  :stuck_out_tongue:

edit: china meets china…  :wink:

That one looks right, and it can deliver enough juice so you can illuminate whole box. :wink:

naaaaaa-a-a-a-aaaasty!  :stuck_out_tongue: didn’t think of that. will see where this route gonna take us.

enough juice

my stock x0x works with a AC adapter : 7V (8,9peak) 320 mA.

It works, but I would feel bad to supply it with just 7V. 320mA is fine if normal LEDs are used.

not the sasa x0x but the Julien’s x0xWASP a custom model based on the Ladyada PCB  8)

Nice paint job!

not the sasa x0x but the Julien’s x0xWASP a custom model based on the Ladyada PCB  8)

…then, this is a wrong thread to post it. :slight_smile:

Anyway, looking good. Do you think the color on the buttons will last? Even it is paint for plastics I doubt it.

What do you connect to DB port?