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Hey guys,
A few days ago I finally got the last parts in for making my lpm! Now that I am done I am very pleased with the result. I went for a professional look. And I think I achieved it.
It runs off 3x 9V batteries. 1x for the high respons 5 digit volt meter panel. 2x for the ophir 20C head.
I chose a RED display because I am a 445nM 532nM guy. If I wear my eagle pair goggles blue of green displays are filtered and I have a hard time seeing what a laser meters at.
I bought a project box for the casing, however is was way to long so i had to shorten it with a cheap dremel. (lack of tools, took me hours) And the panel display and VGA cable and on/off switch are also cut out with a dremel.
I chose a VGA cable because i think it looks professional and rugged.
End result:
these are the innards. I thought the 3x 9V battery holders would be nice for easy switching. Also the VGA port was very handy. Only the cables are a bit messy. I am working on that :beer:
Of it in use:
And this is what i mean by looking through goggles. Red is perfect:
Thanks for looking,:wave::wave:
greetings,,
P.S. Thanks to InfinitusEquitas for getting me and Blord these ophir heads from the US as the seller did not ship to EU. Also thanks to laserbee for advise :beer:
EDIT: I changed the first LPM's switch with a 3pole switch since that was neccesairy
I also added a danger type killswitch 
So i made another one to return a favor for our buddy SM! So after a few hours of dremeling and 6 blades further:
This came out:
In V2 i did a better wiring job:
Thanks for looking
UPDATE:
So i got V3 finally ready! I also updated the OP with this:
This unit runs 2x 18650 for the display and datalogging. And 2x 9V for the ophir. Even then with all the capacity it is smaller then V2:
Here is a video review of the meter:
It was very hard to make the small cutout for the datalogging option with a dremel. But it worked out fine Also At first i had some problems with the analog signal wire on the smaller VGA adapter. The wire was to close to the + and - of the ophir. Which caused fluctuations. So i choose another pin to connect the signal wire to and now it runs great!
Greetings,,
A few days ago I finally got the last parts in for making my lpm! Now that I am done I am very pleased with the result. I went for a professional look. And I think I achieved it.
It runs off 3x 9V batteries. 1x for the high respons 5 digit volt meter panel. 2x for the ophir 20C head.
I chose a RED display because I am a 445nM 532nM guy. If I wear my eagle pair goggles blue of green displays are filtered and I have a hard time seeing what a laser meters at.
I bought a project box for the casing, however is was way to long so i had to shorten it with a cheap dremel. (lack of tools, took me hours) And the panel display and VGA cable and on/off switch are also cut out with a dremel.
I chose a VGA cable because i think it looks professional and rugged.
End result:
these are the innards. I thought the 3x 9V battery holders would be nice for easy switching. Also the VGA port was very handy. Only the cables are a bit messy. I am working on that :beer:
Of it in use:
And this is what i mean by looking through goggles. Red is perfect:
Thanks for looking,:wave::wave:
greetings,,
P.S. Thanks to InfinitusEquitas for getting me and Blord these ophir heads from the US as the seller did not ship to EU. Also thanks to laserbee for advise :beer:
EDIT: I changed the first LPM's switch with a 3pole switch since that was neccesairy
I also added a danger type killswitch So i made another one to return a favor for our buddy SM! So after a few hours of dremeling and 6 blades further:
This came out:
In V2 i did a better wiring job:
Thanks for looking
UPDATE:
So i got V3 finally ready! I also updated the OP with this:
This unit runs 2x 18650 for the display and datalogging. And 2x 9V for the ophir. Even then with all the capacity it is smaller then V2:
Here is a video review of the meter:
It was very hard to make the small cutout for the datalogging option with a dremel. But it worked out fine
Also At first i had some problems with the analog signal wire on the smaller VGA adapter. The wire was to close to the + and - of the ophir. Which caused fluctuations. So i choose another pin to connect the signal wire to and now it runs great!Greetings,,
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