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Case woes, SD card errors strike back

A project log for vector-06c mini

A 50% size replica of my favourite 8-bit computer

svofskisvofski 03/31/2024 at 21:360 Comments

After a lot of hesitation I finally made an attempt to put the thing together. It went on with variable success.

For the future reference: the gray top is MJF Nylon / Natural Gray / No surface finish. The white bottom is SLA / CBY Resin / Faint yellow / General sanding. 

I made a lot of mistakes in measurements, so the display can't not fit in the window I left for it. Oh well. This offsets everything deeper, and of course it makes it impossible to close the back lid. With some cutting and swearing I was able to close it. The back lid cracked in several places, but it's the least of its problems.

It looks better than a pile of boards, but that's about it.
Don't look at the back side.
From the side (the cutout is for the USB cable).

Unfortunately, for some reason the SD card errors are making a comeback. Power issues are all back too so they're probably related. It's as if something happened to this board while it was waiting to be put in the case.

I think I should reconsider powering the keyboard pipico from the onboard 3V3 and power it with VBUS instead. I suspect ESP32's own regulator on this board is underpowered. As for the case, I think it calls for a second iteration, even though I'm not feeling very enthused about it at the moment.

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