Looking great!
Thanks for the link and the idea… the transparent acrylic will be a good alternative to very costly aluminum-based panels with hundreds of LED holes - which would also be terrible to mount in conjunction with flat-top LEDs - whoever has a MB6582 with them knows the pain 
Many greets,
Peter
We have hit the 65€ in your Mouser basket so that the order can take place.
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Yay for more Shruthi/MIDIbox cross-pollination! Guys, what if one was to draw a simple panel for one board? This could be cloned times x for larger panels and maybe we could ask the kick-ass friendly mr fcd72 (Herr Daniels) himself if he’s interested? He always make beautiful Shruthi, Anushri and Ambika plus Shruth XT cases for us builders :sorcerer:
Cheers!
This is a poorly quality video only to see only what you can expect:
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I’d certainly be interested in such panels if we can twist Frank’s arm. Heck, ordering one or two of these from him would probably twist MY arm into adding an Anushri case to the order!
/double post/
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That, kind sir, is truly le bling! :cheer:
Kudos!
Awesomeness ensues and all will be right with the world as soon as we can get these boards up and running.
That, kind sir, is truly le bling! :cheer:
…and I hate bling.
Awesomeness ensues and all will be right with the world as soon as we can get these boards up and running.
Soon.
…and I hate bling.
Soon.
Aww, I didn’t mean it in a condescending way :console: If we wanted tacky, tasteless bling we’d be doing this with pink or purple (the horror!) LEDs and gold painted knobs plus panel. This is more like good bling of the impressive kind. If I was more eloquent I’d go get my Baudelaire on with a good quote: "Tout ce qui est beau et noble est le résultat de la raison et du calcul " All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.
Cheers!
I need to expand my rack to 8U, but taking the BCR off the top should save that much space.I was digging in my junkbox last night for some resistors, and came across an unfinished project that would receive and decode a remote control into MIDI volume messages.
This looks like a good time to finish that project.
I really like the translucent panel idea, that should reduce the panel holes to 16 + 4 for mounting.
I just can’t decide what color LED’s and plexi.. something to think about.
LyleHaze
For my future panel I’m thinking black anodized alu, with big holes around the encoders and matching “smoke” acrylic inserts to view the LEDs through (a bit similar to an LCD window but now with a hole in the center to poke the encoder shaft through).
It will be not exactly hole but “D hole”, isn’t it?.
Will you plan to use the same method than the MBseq frame with recess?
Maybe an another method to test would be to make hold the acrylic frame with the nut of the encoder with another nut underneath.
We can imagine a lot of nice things to do but the problem with metal panel is the price.
Regards.
It will be not exactly hole but “D hole”, isn’t it?.
Sure it will be a hole, and bigger than the shaft too, but small enough so the knob skirt will cover it (see the MB6582 frontpanel; shafts poke through but holes are invisible with knobs on shafts).
The acrylic will be glued to the alu from the bottom, and will have a recess for it to be flush with the frontpanel, like an LCD window.
We can imagine a lot of nice things to do but the problem with metal panel is the price.
Yes you are right; the cheapest option is probably to just have a second job and buy all your toys with the extra money. Building them yourself is a big part of the fun though, and fun is allowed to cost money IMHO :laugh:
It will be not exactly hole but “D hole”, isn’t it?.
…I spoke about the metal hole not the acrylic hole for the shaft.
Regards.
…I spoke about the metal hole not the acrylic hole for the shaft.
Ah now I understand what you mean. 
It doesn’t really matter what shape the acrylic is as long as it matches the metal and show all the LEDs. You could even make a U shaped insert if you want. I thought round inserts are probably easier to make (and maybe cheaper).
For my future panel I’m thinking black anodized alu, with big holes around the encoders and matching “smoke” acrylic inserts to view the LEDs through (a bit similar to an LCD window but now with a hole in the center to poke the encoder shaft through).
How about home-cast clear knobs that are big enough to show the LED ring under them?Might look cool, though a bit big..?
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Hi.
The price of the 10k SIL resistor network is now 0,085€ (>500 units).
…Waiting for the 100s PCBs.
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Hum could add 1 or 2 boards to go to 100 if needed…
Big knob will be really expensive (and too big !) but was a good idea !