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Another "object" just for joy!

A project log for Enclose them all in super clear epoxy!

Very recently I was so impressed by a Japanese modern artist who draws golden fish in epoxy. I cannot draw but make circuit. Why not!

kodera2tkodera2t 09/09/2018 at 05:564 Comments

This time, I made more simple object just for joy. the above picture shows the object buried inside epoxy resin. Indeed they are object for N-gauge model train, and I added several tiny (1005 (0403)) size LEDs for headlight of car, traffic signals. Just turning on is not so interesting, so I put Arduino boot loader loaded ATmega328 below the basement of traffic signal. I made it looks like the car is ready to fly!!

And here is the completed one. Signal is controlled by MCU and actual operation can be found in the following movie... Have fun!

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James Hall wrote 09/13/2018 at 04:28 point

I love it! This is a very neat little diorama.

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Elliot Williams wrote 09/12/2018 at 19:57 point

So much fun.  The "leaping" car looks so cute. 

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PointyOintment wrote 09/09/2018 at 11:39 point

I don't understand your proposal. Could you draw a diagram?

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PointyOintment wrote 09/09/2018 at 12:51 point

Diagram is no longer needed (by me at least), now that I know you meant IDC :)

Could you instead use the female IDC connector, with a short bit of ribbon cable fanning out from it to the potted components, within the epoxy? That might be easier to avoid getting epoxy inside the connector. I guess it would necessitate using an unshrouded male header, unless you can somehow get the female connector to stick out of the bottom plane of the epoxy block.

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