A simple holder for 80×110 mm prototyping boards:

It’s similar to the holder for the LED current controller board, minus the center screws, plus nicely rounded corners and a cutout for wires emerging from underneath:

Slic3r’s Hilbert Curve infill definitely looks better than the usual straight-line pattern:

The OpenSCAD source code:
// Test support frame for Hall Effect LED Blinky Light
// Ed Nisley KE4ZNU - Sept 2013
Layout = "Fancy"; // Fancy Plain
PlainColor = "LightBlue";
ClampFlange = true;
//- Extrusion parameters - must match reality!
ThreadThick = 0.25;
ThreadWidth = 0.40;
function IntegerMultiple(Size,Unit) = Unit * ceil(Size / Unit);
Protrusion = 0.1;
HoleWindage = 0.2;
//- Screw sizes
inch = 25.4;
Tap4_40 = 0.089 * inch;
Clear4_40 = 0.110 * inch;
Head4_40 = 0.211 * inch;
Head4_40Thick = 0.065 * inch;
Nut4_40Dia = 0.228 * inch;
Nut4_40Thick = 0.086 * inch;
Washer4_40OD = 0.270 * inch;
Washer4_40ID = 0.123 * inch;
//- PCB sizes
PCBSize = [110.0,80.0,1.5];
PCBShelf = 2.0;
Clearance = 2*[ThreadWidth,ThreadWidth,0];
WallThick = IntegerMultiple(5.0,ThreadWidth);
FrameHeight = 8.0;
ScrewOffset = 0.0 + Clear4_40/2;
OAHeight = FrameHeight + Clearance[2] + PCBSize[2];
FlangeExtension = 5.0;
FlangeThick = IntegerMultiple(2.0,ThreadThick);
Flange = PCBSize
+ 2*[ScrewOffset,ScrewOffset,0]
+ 2*[Washer4_40OD,Washer4_40OD,0]
+ [2*FlangeExtension,2*FlangeExtension,(FlangeThick - PCBSize[2])]
;
echo("Flange: ",Flange);
NumSides = 4*5;
WireChannel = [Flange[0],15.0,3.0 + PCBSize[2]];
WireChannelOffset = [Flange[0]/2,25.0,( + FrameHeight + PCBSize[2] - WireChannel[2]/2)];
//- Adjust hole diameter to make the size come out right
module PolyCyl(Dia,Height,ForceSides=0) { // based on nophead's polyholes
Sides = (ForceSides != 0) ? ForceSides : (ceil(Dia) + 2);
FixDia = Dia / cos(180/Sides);
cylinder(r=(FixDia + HoleWindage)/2,h=Height,$fn=Sides);
}
//- Put peg grid on build surface
module ShowPegGrid(Space = 10.0,Size = 1.0) {
RangeX = floor(100 / Space);
RangeY = floor(125 / Space);
for (x=[-RangeX:RangeX])
for (y=[-RangeY:RangeY])
translate([x*Space,y*Space,Size/2])
%cube(Size,center=true);
}
//- Build it
ShowPegGrid();
difference() {
union() { // body block and screw bosses
translate([0,0,OAHeight/2])
color(PlainColor)
cube(PCBSize + Clearance + [2*WallThick,2*WallThick,FrameHeight],center=true);
for (x=[-1,1], y=[-1,1]) {
translate([x*(PCBSize[0]/2 + ScrewOffset),
y*(PCBSize[1]/2 + ScrewOffset),
0])
color((Layout == "Fancy") ? "Orchid" : PlainColor)
cylinder(r=Washer4_40OD,h=OAHeight,$fn=NumSides);
}
if (ClampFlange)
color((Layout == "Fancy") ? "SeaGreen" : PlainColor)
linear_extrude(height=Flange[2])
hull()
for (i=[-1,1], j=[-1,1]) {
translate([i*(Flange[0]/2 - Washer4_40OD/2),j*(Flange[1]/2 - Washer4_40OD/2)])
circle(d=Washer4_40OD,$fn=NumSides);
}
}
for (x=[-1,1], y=[-1,1]) { // screw holes and washer recesses
translate([x*(PCBSize[0]/2 + ScrewOffset),
y*(PCBSize[1]/2 + ScrewOffset),
-Protrusion])
rotate((x-1)*90)
PolyCyl(Tap4_40,(OAHeight + 2*Protrusion));
translate([x*(PCBSize[0]/2 + ScrewOffset),
y*(PCBSize[1]/2 + ScrewOffset),
OAHeight - PCBSize[2]])
PolyCyl(1.2*Washer4_40OD,(PCBSize[2] + Protrusion),NumSides);
}
translate([0,0,OAHeight/2]) // through hole below PCB
cube(PCBSize - 2*[PCBShelf,PCBShelf,0] + [0,0,2*OAHeight],center=true);
translate([0,0,(OAHeight - (PCBSize[2] + Clearance[2])/2 + Protrusion/2)]) // PCB pocket on top
cube(PCBSize + Clearance + [0,0,Protrusion],center=true);
translate(WireChannelOffset) // clearance for cable on solder side
cube(WireChannel + [0,0,Protrusion],center=true);
}
Comments
3 responses to “Proto Board Holder: 80×110 mm Version”
I think you have a sellable product with a modification to the wire port – make it wide enough for a 16 conductor ribbon cable, and tall enough that it clears RG-174 coax.
Turns out RG-174 is about the same diameter as that tangle was tall, so changing the width to, say, 22 mm should do the trick for both coax and ribbon cable:
WireChannel = [Flange[0],22.0,3.0 + PCBSize[2]];I gotta stop giving away my precious IP. [grin]
If anybody wants one, send me whatever you think it’s worth, plus five bucks to cover (box + postage)…
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