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Building Test Chassis

A project log for Blinkenrechner

Computer based on a homemade 8-bit CPU

grant-giesbrechtGrant Giesbrecht 08/11/2021 at 17:530 Comments

When a critical mass of boards was reached, it became unwieldy to assemble my computer on my lab bench. So I thew together a basic chassis to hold the boards. When the electronics are finished I plan to build a frame from extruded aluminum, but I don't need something that nice just for testing. So here's the test chassis:

Test Chassis
The basic plan is simple - bolt most boards to the plywood base and mount the indicator/control panels to the front verticals.
Front Panel
Control panel and blinkenplatte installed!
Front panel cabling
Lots of ribbon cables. Last I counted, to connect the PCBs I have ready to test will require 443 Dupont cables.

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