[time-nuts] New Thunderbolt monitor

[Adrian Godwin]

There are many injection moulded cases for raspberry pi boards now, but
earlier on it was common to make them from slices of laser-cut acrylic like
this one : https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/pibow-zero-assembly

If you don't have access to a laser cutter via a hackspace or similar,
there are many small businesses doing custom laser cutting who should be
able to do it from inkscape drawings.




On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:02 PM Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> The gotcha with 3D printing is that it’s not cheap. That plastic whatzit
> that you buy
> in the store at 10 for a dollar likely will cost you $10 to print. In
> addition, the part
> from the store (done in a proper mold) looks and works a lot better.
>
> That said, it’s *way* cheaper than CNC machining up something like a mount
> for
> a display. Just as with CNC, it will take a while ( hours …. days …) to do
> up each
> part. That’s not including the time to draft it up and get it debugged,
> that’s just
> machine time.
>
> It’s a fun hobby, but like timing gear, not as cheap as you think ….
>
> Bob
>
> > On Apr 25, 2020, at 7:29 AM, Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 3D printing, I have not jumped on that bandwagon yet... Heavens knows I
> > don't need another hobby...
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 10:45 PM Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> What this needs is some enterprising
> >> chap to make 3D boxes to hold these.
> >>
> >> Much like the ones that were being sold
> >> to hold a Nano VNA.
> >>
> >> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 7:12 PM Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The new Thunderbolt monitor kits are available.
> >>> This one has a 32 bit ARM microcontroller, which allows for some
> >>> interesting features.
> >>> Information at www.ko4bb.com
> >>> The matching Android app, aptly named TBMon, is available in the Play
> >>> Store. Note that you can play with the app without buying the kit by
> >>> connecting to John Miles' or my Thunderbolt that are on-line.
> >>>
> >>> As usual, please contact me directly for any information or questions.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you!
> >>>
> >>> Didier KO4BB
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