I had finally some time, yesterday evening, to begin designing my planned 3D printable case for the DIY Kit, that can be used on every Sat angle (Universal).
The Case will have the following features:
stand to adjust for Sat angle
rail for mounting the Patch Antenna
mounting for SDRx and CHIP
Room for a acrylic front (Optional, otherwise 3D printable)
mount for a fan to cool the CHIP / SDRx
Only one microusb on the outside
The Case will be only a little bit bigger than thepatch antenna. It’s not completed yet, but the dimensions should be around 15x13x4,5cm (LxWxH). The mentioned acrylic front can be replaced by a 3D printable cover. Personally i plan to engrave the Outernet logo into the acrylic and add some blue leds inside the case
Down below are some renders, that show my progress so far.
It depands on the Infill you use, but the mass should be around 150 g (excluding the acrylic).
My Slicer predicts a printing time of around 13h (20% infill) for all three parts of the case combined.
That will be the longest print that i ever did (MainFrame part of the Case --> ~8,5h)
I think i will try to print the stand first (biggest part on the bed, ~2h), because the size is over the limit of my Printer. Yet it should work fine…i hope.
UPDATE: I have to split the Stand up in two parts for me…this is the disadvantage of a delta when you print something square.
The USB ports on the skylark are good to have access to. I think a usb wireless adapter and a large jump drive will be required to be useful at some point for RACHEL and such.
I was working on a different idea for a case yesterday. I’ll post mine next week. Mine is a case that was a C shape that you can attach to a window with VHB tape.
Skylark is the Software, so i don*t exactly know what you mean. If you mean the USB ports on the SDRx, you are able to add a usb Stick for storage. Wifi is already in the CHIP.
If you ahve your Case ready, let us know here in the forum and post some pictures
I printed a first prototype in the last week and assembled it. Because i have a delta printer, i had to print the stand and mainframe in two parts. I would not recommend that to anybody because the fitment is not as it should be.
There are only some small problems that i have to change in my design, but only some small things.
The Hardware is also working fine, even without a fan. But i discovered that you have to use shielded cables. A flat usb cable that i used (CHIP–>SDRx) destroyed the SNR.Without that bad cable everything works as planned.
Looks interesting but it’s defenitely a mount and not a case
The problem i see is that the SDR and Chip should be not be balanced on the mount xD
A better solution would be a mount for them on the mount in the picture, or a simple sma cable to let them sit on the windowsill or so
Im also wondering if you can secure the ball joint between window mount and antenna in any way. Seems also to be 3d printer or not? .
But nice work so far! Just refine it and we have another method of ,mounting the DIY kit
