Speedy78
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First off I would like to thank Nospin and ARG for being patient with me as I figure this out. Both had to send me replacements parts for things I fried when I carelessly shorted out the entire meter and the ADC. So THANK YOU I would be helpless without your support.
Now lets get to it!
First off is the bracket I made to hold the Arduino inside of the Nospin case.
This was made out of sheet metal and just spray painted black.
Underneath of the Arduino is covered in electrical tape and then clear packing tap to hold that down so it doesn't short out with the case.
Here is the Arduino bolted to the bracket. Front part is intentionally left unpainted for the glue. I used stand offs from radio shack to lift the Arduino up a little bit off the bracket. Had to shave some of them down to fit right next to the headers.
Front panel gets some hole for status LEDs
Green is a constant on and indicates that USB power has been applied to the Arduino. I have it set up to only come on when the USB is conected. That way its not on if Im not using the data logging. Red one is flashing when the meter and Arduino are powered.
Bracket being glued to the case with Gorilla Glue. Which I will never use again because it took forever to dry and was foamy. Maybe I did it wrong, who knows. This was the only place I could fit the entire set up. The back of it actually sits on top of the front panel display.
Testing the LEDs as the glue dries. Caught the red one as it flashed.
After all night the glue was finally dry. The LEDs plug directly into the headers on the Arduino. ARG wrote me custom code for this to work.
Back panel of the meter. You can see how close it would be to the top of the case. Hence the need for the tape shielding.
Finally after a long time waiting. Completed.
Looks pretty clean to me!
As always, no explanation here. Protect your damn eyes!!
Quick snap shot.
As you can see I still have to figure all this out now. Peaked around 400mW. Would have climbed slightly higher if I let it go. But this was a test of my set up more than the laser. Also could not export the graph, had to screen shot and crop. Not sure what I did wrong there but I will have to play with it.
Now lets get to it!
First off is the bracket I made to hold the Arduino inside of the Nospin case.
This was made out of sheet metal and just spray painted black.
Underneath of the Arduino is covered in electrical tape and then clear packing tap to hold that down so it doesn't short out with the case.
Here is the Arduino bolted to the bracket. Front part is intentionally left unpainted for the glue. I used stand offs from radio shack to lift the Arduino up a little bit off the bracket. Had to shave some of them down to fit right next to the headers.
Front panel gets some hole for status LEDs
Green is a constant on and indicates that USB power has been applied to the Arduino. I have it set up to only come on when the USB is conected. That way its not on if Im not using the data logging. Red one is flashing when the meter and Arduino are powered.
Bracket being glued to the case with Gorilla Glue. Which I will never use again because it took forever to dry and was foamy. Maybe I did it wrong, who knows. This was the only place I could fit the entire set up. The back of it actually sits on top of the front panel display.
Testing the LEDs as the glue dries. Caught the red one as it flashed.
After all night the glue was finally dry. The LEDs plug directly into the headers on the Arduino. ARG wrote me custom code for this to work.
Back panel of the meter. You can see how close it would be to the top of the case. Hence the need for the tape shielding.
Finally after a long time waiting. Completed.
Looks pretty clean to me!
As always, no explanation here. Protect your damn eyes!!
Quick snap shot.
As you can see I still have to figure all this out now. Peaked around 400mW. Would have climbed slightly higher if I let it go. But this was a test of my set up more than the laser. Also could not export the graph, had to screen shot and crop. Not sure what I did wrong there but I will have to play with it.
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