#283

been loving my norns shield and the case from @JHC. last night i modeled and printed a lid to fit over the face.

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#284

Do I have the weirdest norns?

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#285

Sorry, second place :slight_smile:

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#286

this one is also in the running i think:

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#287

Hahaha that is gold. As unportable as it gets.

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#288

Okay this also rules. Need more pyramidal audio gear in 2021.

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#289

I’m with you 1000%! Gotta make a pyramid where the sides are grids…

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#290

NOW we are finally talking!!! :small_red_triangle::eyes:

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#291

I’ve fantasized about a taxidermy norns…

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#292

There was a taxidermied theremin:

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#293

Ooooh yes everything finally makes sense! :control_knobs::badger:. Thank you!!

Also i see the owl theremin by the same fine minds.

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#294

I feel like my case needs a little more context :upside_down_face:. I am attempting to use Norns with a modified Crow as a somewhat massive i2c (maybe?) to CV in/out and module logic interface to go with my Buchla 200 system. This is nowhere near completion, but it is inspired by the Buchla 300 computer interface.

Here’s the rear (HDMI and ethernet ports are placeholders):

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#295

I’m scheming a dual machine cyberdeck with a NUC and a Shield based on the MSG cyberdeck design, but I can’t seem to find the actual dimensions of the shield anywhere. Can somebody help me out?

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#296

3 3/8” x 3 1/8” x 1 15/16” (dims of biggest board and height from top of knob to base of spacer — not including plastic cover or any case)

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#297

I am trying to get the .dxf file from the monome norns shield github, but am not understanding what I am seeing. It looks like some type of text file. https://github.com/monome/norns-shield/tree/master/dxf

How do I get this converted to a .dxf file that I can open in my cad software?

#298

Download the GitHub zip

#299

Thank you! I figured it was something I missed.

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#300

I’m going to tell my kids this was the first Xbox.

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#302

Hi all.

I have a norns shield on the way - very excited.

I have an idea for a case, I wondered if anyone had done this, and, if it looked like a good idea.

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The idea is for a larger case (heavier as well so it doesn’t slide around on the desk!) with a battery inside and a breakout cable from the 1/8 in to split to 2x 1/4" inputs.

I imagine it looking more like the production Norns - or like a guitar pedal - all enclosed in an aluminium box with appropriate ventilation.

  1. Does this look like it would work?
  2. Is this a good idea?!
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#303

Can’t speak for the ins/outs, but I thought about doing something similar a while back and, unless you plan on just using a battery pack (in which case, why put it all in one case? Just carry the battery pack around) you will need a way to charge the battery itself. Charging li-ion/lipo batteries is not immediately straightforward, but small circuits are sold to accomplish this.

Also is the issue of powering on/off. The shield doesn’t have soft on/off like mainline norns, i.e. putting shield to sleep doesn’t stop supplying power to it—that is handled by the pi. You’d have to introduce some type of switch between the battery and the pi.

I believe tom whitwell has a post in the fates thread about doing this to a fates, and you could look at that, but there will be differences between fates and shield.

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