Enclosure box

hmlittle59

Hello All,

I'm looking for an enclosure box for my project...Not Radio Shack Please!!! Someone mentioned a Company here on the Forum but I never did write it down and forgot to save it in my favorite.. Any Help please


Howard

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I'M STILL LEARNING SO MUCH...BUT STILL KNOW SO LITTLE!!!

hmlittle59

Bill Henning

www.mountainkingtech.com

Chuck made a really nice case for my Morpheus product.

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Duane Degn

Recently I saw a project here that used a case from:

http://www.polycase.com/

I haven't tried them yet, but they look pretty good and not too expensive.

Duane Degn

Edit: Fixed spelling.

Cluso99

hammond make some cases www.hammondmfg.com

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W9GFO

www.pactecenclosures.com/

Rich H

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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Howard,

Be sure to pick a case before you do your PCB layout. It's so much easier to fit a PCB to a case than to find a case to fit an existing PCB.

-Phil

WBA Consulting

It may have been one of my projects that was seen in the Polycase enclosure. I use them all the time and brag on them every chance I get. They have full drawings available for all of their cases, can supply STEP models, etc so you can drop them into your CAD software (provided your software is capable of that), and they offer CNC and Silkscreening options for all of their cases.

My metronome (link in my signature) uses the VM-35 9-volt case with the matching boot. My handheld GPS project uses the new Gadget Gangster PP-USB board because it fits perfectly sideways in a VM-36 case with matching boot (currently a 9-volt case, but will be a "no-batt" case because it will have a Li-Ion battery pack embedded in it with charging circuit). One of my Propeller demoboards is in a Polycase enclosure as well and that can be seen on this thread

Some DIY tips for enclosures is on this thread here:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=915401

For inexpensive custom enclosures for designs that don't fit an off-the-shelf box, Mountain King is who you'll want to talk with as previously mentioned. Also, as Phil mentioned, finding a nice off the shelf case BEFORE you finish your layout will make your job much easier to push a product to market.

If you are looking to have a completely custom case molded for volume, get with user mctrivia (propmodule.com) and talk to him about his 3D printer capabilites.

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Andrew Williams
WBA Consulting
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Post Edited (WBA Consulting) : 7/1/2010 3:26:12 PM GMT

TinkersALot

Strange, I get nothing but errors trying to hit the pactec site

Also, don't forget to consider bud-boxes at: http://www.budind.com/index.shtml

HollyMinkowski

There are these nice translucent boxes called Jiffy Boxes that
I like.

They are USD 1.50ea

I especially like the clear ones. I like that you can see LEDs that
are on your board and don't have to panel mount them.

Shipping is reasonable as well. If I remember correctly..if you
order 33 of them then the shipping is about 7.00


www.jaycar.us/productView.asp?ID=HB6004&CATID=5&form=CAT&SUBCATID=343

W9GFO

TinkersALot said...
Strange, I get nothing but errors trying to hit the pactec site

Me too. They must be having some server problems, it was working last night.

Rich H

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Cluso99

Holly, yes I have some of these. Hammond also make a number translucent boxes and they are available from a number of places in the US and reasonably priced. I am using the 1551 series in my new boards.

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Links to other interesting threads:

· Home of the MultiBladeProps: TriBlade,·RamBlade,·SixBlade, website
· Single Board Computer:·3 Propeller ICs·and a·TriBladeProp board (ZiCog Z80 Emulator)
· Prop Tools under Development or Completed (Index)
· Emulators: CPUs Z80 etc; Micros Altair etc;· Terminals·VT100 etc; (Index) ZiCog (Z80) , MoCog (6809)·
· Prop OS: SphinxOS·, PropDos , PropCmd··· Search the Propeller forums·(uses advanced Google search)
My cruising website is: ·www.bluemagic.biz·· MultiBlade Props: www.cluso.bluemagic.biz

hmlittle59

Hello to all that replied....THANKS.

First, SORRY for posting this under the Propeller Chip form. My Bad. I was looking to up grade my project someday...SOON... and forgot to bounce back to Sandbox.
More on the Upgrade process later.

My project for the most part is done(phase I & II) and I did do...Board first before Enclosure first...OOPs!!! Great advice but this is my first project and I didn't know. It's 4 x 3 but I'm sure some of you could probably get it down to 3 x 2, but not me yet. I'm gonna take the advice of (PhiPi) getting the board to fit a BOX. The Thru hole version can shrink , the SMT may be trickier but I'm sure it can be done, I'll look, thanks.

Another Question before I go. Someone on this Forum mentioned about some 2 x 16 LCD screens for $5.00 or so from Ebay so I bought some(not received yet) any way, part of my up-grade is to reduce cost and the LCD is Target #1. But, is the Propeller chip the only one from Parallax that will drive such a display? (No serial Board Attached).

That's why I was in this section, looking for info on driving a non-serial(cheap) 2 x 16 LCD screen with another Parallax chip. I use the BS2 and BS2e(discrete components) on my current projects.

thanks for any help
Howard

EDIT:....Just looked at POLYCASE link and that was the one....Thanks....YA'LL are GREAT!!!

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I'M STILL LEARNING SO MUCH...BUT STILL KNOW SO LITTLE!!!

hmlittle59

Harley

You may know that many of the smaller character LCDs can be interfaced with either a full 8-bit or 4-bit data I/O.
Of course there are usually 3 other control signals needed to initialize and transfer data to the module.
I've generally used the 4-bit to save on controller I/Os. My 2¢.

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Harley Shanko

Bobb Fwed

Bill Henning said...
www.mountainkingtech.com

Chuck made a really nice case for my Morpheus product.

met him at UPEW. He is going to make me a custom enclosure for my project.

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Invent-O-Doc

I second the PacTec choice. They have handhelds with battery compartments. (Mostly 9V, though AA too in quantity)

also, www.serpac.com is a possibility

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Tom Talbot
New Market, MD, USA

lardom

You can also check this one out.
http://www.boxenclosures.com/index.html

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