DIY: norns shield

toneburst · 2020-03-03T10:28:05.280Z

bassik:

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The medium ones are too big to fit through the holes, unfortunately, and the small ones much too small (they’d barely clear the top of the panel).

tapehead · 2020-03-04T21:27:38.498Z

My Mouser delivery turned up today, so I’ve got all my parts now (well almost all).

Does anyone have recommendations about which SD card to use with the Pi?

Thanks!

tehn · 2020-03-05T17:50:05.068Z

A post was split to a new topic: Norns tape advancement bug?

widdly · 2020-03-06T05:52:39.556Z

Can someone with the small button caps post a picture from the side of them pushed all the way on?

Gregory_Delabelle · 2020-03-06T06:05:47.973Z

Well you can’t push them that far if that is what you mean
This is a picture in rest position

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zebra · 2020-03-06T13:57:05.213Z

Gregory_Delabelle:

Well you can’t push them that far if that is what you mean

push harder, i think

Norns shield case designs

those kit button caps do actually go down much further (and click on very securely) if you give them an alarming amount of vertical force

“alarming” is accurate

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zebra · 2020-03-06T14:06:50.089Z

whoa! guess so. sorry

vcvcvc_val · 2020-03-06T14:31:17.055Z

Calipers (or a toothpick and a sharpie) can help eyeball depths for those looking to figure out how hard to push down!

Also, anyone found button caps in fun colors? Having trouble finding any I like

tehn · 2020-03-06T14:47:22.024Z

starting next week the kits will include acyrlic plates and hardware

details forthcoming

kveye · 2020-03-06T15:49:58.079Z

Any chance to get plates separately for those who has a kit on the way?

papernoise · 2020-03-06T17:13:09.849Z

tehn:

starting next week the kits will include acyrlic plates and hardware

I’m sure you’ll have thought about this already, but it would be useful to include M2 standoffs for the display as well.

tehn · 2020-03-06T17:17:48.931Z

all required hardware is included (display standoffs also). basically it’s a full build kit. just add pi, sdcard, supply. documentation will be overhauled.

we’re not going to sell the plates individually, but i’ll post the boardfiles so you can trivially order them from pololu or ponoko or similar laser-cutting sites (which are incredibly cheap)

zebra · 2020-03-06T18:39:57.978Z

@okyeron ask brian, he supplied them

i’ll add here that if you are in a big city it’s worth checking if there are places where you can do local pickup, instead of shipping tiny things in airplanes all over the place

like here in the East SF Bay Area we have ponoko and TAP plastics and hackerspaces and &c

Jonlin · 2020-03-06T20:12:31.403Z

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So, this is my first post on the forum but I’ve been checking in from time to time for a few years. I’m a new Monome user, I bought a Teletype two weeks ago and just finished a Norns Shield build earlier today. Everything seems to be working as intended and I will spend the rest of my evening browsing through Maiden. I will hopefully assemble a case tomorrow as I am lucky enough to have a brother who owns a CNC cutter and a laser cutter. If we come up with something good I will post the laser files.

(Also, is it customary to post an introduction?)

kveye · 2020-03-08T14:09:44.189Z

On a lot of pictures I see a shield and nothing is plugged in to usb ports. Don’t I need a usb card to work?

infovore · 2020-03-08T14:36:17.860Z

What do you mean by USB card?

If you mean soundcard, no: the norns shield has the same audio codec as a retail norns, and stereo IO on minijacks.

If you mean WiFi dongle, no: the shield works with the built-in WiFi on a Pi 3.

kveye · 2020-03-08T14:38:46.859Z

I meant the usb stick for storage.

jwudel · 2020-03-08T14:48:33.817Z

Nope! You do need an sd card for that purpose (and to run the os off of).

kveye · 2020-03-08T14:51:25.189Z

I don’t see a card reader on my pi. I feel so stupid asking about this

jwudel · 2020-03-08T14:55:16.180Z

What flavor of pi? We’re about to get out of my first hand knowledge but on the 3b+ it’s on the bottom. It was not obvious to me either.