Archive for June 13th, 2017

Proto Board Holder: Revised Screw Mounts

Posted by Ed in Electronics Workbench, Machine Shop, Software on 2017-06-13

Improving the crystal tester’s (nonexistent) grounding requires a band of copper tape around the inside of the proto board holder. Rather than cut the tape lengthwise to fit the holder, a new one will be just tall enough:

Proto Board - 80x120 - revised inserts - Slic3r

Proto Board – 80×120 – revised inserts – Slic3r

While I was at it, I deleted the washer recesses, because those didn’t work out well, and fiddled the screw holes to put the inserts in from the bottom:

Proto Board - 80x120 - revised inserts - detail - Slic3r

Proto Board – 80×120 – revised inserts – detail – Slic3r

Although the overhang inside the holes will be ugly, I’ll epoxy the inserts flush with the bottom and nobody will ever know.

The copper tape now makes a tidy ground strap:

Crystal Tester - ground strap - rear

Crystal Tester – ground strap – rear

With a gap in the front to eliminate the obvious loop:

Crystal Tester - ground strap - front gap

Crystal Tester – ground strap – front gap

The OpenSCAD source code as a GitHub Gist:

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