Approaching - DIY norns shield

tehn · 2019-10-17T01:26:08.131Z

i’ll be producing a run of SMD-populated boards, but not likely full kits. (definitely nothing with enclosures.)

andrew · 2019-10-17T01:34:45.492Z

tehn:

components are SMD— not tiny, but not beginner (0603 passives).

State of the art SMD/DIY best practices

I went from TH straight to 0603 and find the SMT process less fiddly than through-hole overall.

oh and opinions ?? would I be smarter to find another SMT project to start with or should I just dive in with some PCB backups if I’m excited about it (I am excited about it).

also any more tool req’s before I dive in

claasp · 2019-10-17T01:40:29.035Z

any plans on an aluminium enclosure?

andrew · 2019-10-17T01:53:47.758Z

if it happens - just laser cut birch or acrylic. I’ll try n make em nice tho. will post info here

feathers · 2019-10-17T02:16:00.234Z

I’m in a similar boat maybe - never really done any DIY electronics stuff, but this is the first one that’s really appealed to me, and I’m naively hoping that my enthusiasm for it (and some backup components + some research ) will carry me through this project hehe

mutedial · 2019-10-17T03:44:37.589Z

While I don’t really do any DIY at the moment, I used to do a ton and am happy to offer tips on soldering etc in general and SMD specifically.
Maybe a separate build related thread or a more general DIY/soldering etc thread?

Smoth · 2019-10-17T05:43:44.110Z

I’m hoping to get my hands on one of these sooner than later to see if I could feasibly do a small run of milled aluminum enclosures. Will report back with any progress if I can find the resources!

kasselvania · 2019-10-17T05:46:53.539Z

If you got the access to the milling equipment, something like this for the FATES would rule… just saying…

edison · 2019-10-17T05:47:13.767Z

that’s cool man! back in the day i would have fucked around with figuring it all out… these days it’s make noise in every spare minute. norns is pretty amazing dude. keep killing it!

synthetivv · 2019-10-17T05:49:19.819Z

I sprang for the boards when I realized that the DIY Mutable Shades build I did a year or two ago was also 603. That was really straightforward, dare I say even empowering. Not sure the norns shield will be as easy, but I’ll report back when I’ve built one…!

Smoth · 2019-10-17T05:54:35.286Z

Yeah, my manual mill could definitely make chips. I’m not a machinist first, but it’s a project I’m seriously looking into these days!
Both Fates and the Norms shield.

buma · 2019-10-17T11:24:38.249Z

zebra:

maybe just increase the timeout time here

I encountered the same error « Supercollider fail » after one of the recent updates.
Increasing the timeout to 3000 seems to have worked for me.
Thanks.

Edit: I spoke too soon, the error is still here. Do I need to recompile or something after setting the timeout to 3000 or 4000 in hello.c ?

frankchannel · 2019-10-17T13:25:15.167Z

I imagine you would have to recompile the code

buma · 2019-10-17T13:35:47.308Z

OK, thanks, I will do that if the error appears again, it seems to be gone after updating to 191016 but It might happen again…

Edit: I had to reboot the PI, it was blocked after I made a typo in a lua script and here comes the error again…

andrew · 2019-10-18T02:54:10.848Z

has anyone sourced button caps, screws, spacers, etc yet ?

guessing those knob caps are sifam

forrest · 2019-10-21T19:34:13.824Z

Has anyone outside of the devs built one of these from the currently listed oshpark pcb & bom? Seems like it makes sense to build 3 at a time if buying from oshpark.

If it’s confirmed good to go i’ll build 3 and sell two smd populated boards for anyone who can’t solder. (though honestly smd can be easier than through-hole)

andrew · 2019-10-21T20:32:37.334Z

doing the same over here ! I’ve ordered my boards fwiw

Oootini · 2019-10-21T22:00:23.597Z

seemed silly to not order 10 (3 for $50, 10 for $100), so i’ll have some spare boards too.

sns · 2019-10-21T22:34:50.148Z

I was ready to order some boards too but I had the chance to get a fates board with pre-soldered smd so I’m gonna start by this one.

Just before that I exported the norns-shield gerbers and uploaded them to jlpcb, 10 boards (1.6mm black pcb w. enig finish) go for less than 20€ (without shipping), and you can even have 30 for 35€… thought it might be of interest to anyone looking for a cheaper option. 2mm pcbs are pricier but you can still get 30 for 65€.

Leverkusen · 2019-10-22T04:56:24.010Z

Oh, did I miss the pre-soldered boards, @tehn announced? I thought we were still in the ‘not recomended to order from the files yet’ phase?