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      birdy
      last edited by birdy

      Hi guys,

      the new cable is working!!!
      alt text

      Now the easiest part: coding ;)

      Next update, when I get a keyboard from somewhere :D

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        birdy
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        Hi,

        there is also another challenge:
        alt text
        I would liek to get rid of these metal body. The side you can see shoud me glued to the plastic.

        What can I put between the curcuit and the plastic? Some small plastik tubes? Wood? Rubber? Should I then glue the boards or better (for the future) screw it to to the “legs”?

        How about grounding it? Needed?

        Cheers
        Birdy

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          tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
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          @birdy i used one of thease.

          http://www.biltema.se/sv/Fritid/Friluftsliv-och-camping/Kok-och-vatten/Vattendunk-2000023717/

          Easy to bend och drill in

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            birdy
            last edited by

            you used a plastic water canister? In what manner?

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              tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
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              @birdy i cut out flat pices that i drilled the board to.

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                birdy
                last edited by

                so like this (side view)?
                0_1503314589067_build.png

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                  tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
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                  @birdy yeah, but i used velcro tape insted of glue

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                    birdy
                    last edited by

                    one question, which is bothering me: the controller plate has spot for grounding (the plate was connected with the metal body before via this “grounding spot”). Do I need to ground it e.g. with power supply or similar or I can leave the plate ungrounded?

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                      birdy
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                      So I got the MM up an running :)
                      alt text

                      back side:
                      alt text

                      Next steps:

                      1. MM configuration & understanding how it works
                      2. to shorten the wooden legs
                      3. to order + build a frame
                      4. put everything together :)

                      BR
                      birdy

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                        birdy
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                        Dear all,

                        next issue: to reduce the empty space behind the LCD panel, I bought a 90 degrees DVI adapter. But I have noticed, my plug was DVI-D and I bought DVI-I.

                        Question: I don’t want to wait a week for a new one, can I remove few pins (esp. the 4 on the left) on my own? see picture below:
                        0_1504603335463_2000px-DVI_Connector_Types.svg.png

                        Thx for your help!
                        Regards
                        birdy

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