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Show and Tell / "Painbot" Battle Unit - combined IR apple
« on: October 05, 2018, 07:15:54 AM »
I was trying to source a "Piranha Battle Unit" for some of my builds, but it seems it is impossible to get one for a decent price here in the Netherlands.
Always there was a lot of taxes or shipping costs involved, so i decided to start designing one myselves..
It is not quite finished, but i hope some of you can help me out making some design decisions.
And, like always, i will share the design with the community when it is finished!
So, i started off with the recommended Vishay TSAL6100 and some TSOP32536 that i had lying around.
Some (4) basic 3mm red leds are used. These will be soldered together to a central connector.
The Receiver is became a three part design, bolted together:

And here is the little bugger after being printed in PLA:

The unit is roughly the same size as the Henglong IR receiver..

the only thing i did not really like is the connector on the bottom.. I have a 7pin row with 2,54mm pith mounted in the bottom. Maybe it would be better to use a 7/8 pin din connector or PS/2?
Please share what you think!
Always there was a lot of taxes or shipping costs involved, so i decided to start designing one myselves..
It is not quite finished, but i hope some of you can help me out making some design decisions.
And, like always, i will share the design with the community when it is finished!
So, i started off with the recommended Vishay TSAL6100 and some TSOP32536 that i had lying around.
Some (4) basic 3mm red leds are used. These will be soldered together to a central connector.
The Receiver is became a three part design, bolted together:
And here is the little bugger after being printed in PLA:
The unit is roughly the same size as the Henglong IR receiver..
the only thing i did not really like is the connector on the bottom.. I have a 7pin row with 2,54mm pith mounted in the bottom. Maybe it would be better to use a 7/8 pin din connector or PS/2?
Please share what you think!