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This is a Millett Hybrid I built a few years ago. I opened it up and reworked the wiring and upgraded some parts...this amp sounds effin fabulous.

vixr, that looks like a standard hammond case. Do they come with a carbon fiber finish, or did you do that?

m1abrams,
excellent. i hope you enjoy the M3. are those Goldpoint knobs?

Where did you buy those feet? Are they adhesive or you have to drill holes on the case?

some progress on an LCDuino application module. the amb/linuxworks Delta-1 relay attenuator controller module, in hand-wired proto form:





it consists of 2 port expanders (i2c serial), 2 relay driver chips (ULN2803), 4 resistor SIPs (for relay 'bias' and led current limit) and 2 LED bargraph 'debug' displays.

the 2 white molex connectors are: power-in (5v) and i2c in. the big IDC connector goes to the relay board (not yet built; therefore not yet shown, lol).

that big offboard IDC connector has pairs of wires (for 8 relays) and those simply have pulsed DC on them (for a short duration) and then no voltage across them during normal settled operation (latching relays).

took all weekend to wire that much up (and update my software to verify/drive it.)

Very clean work as usual

They are scrap pieces of carbon fiber panels used at my job...I go behind the fabricators and scrounge up anything useful...

Thanks I do enjoy it a great deal.

Yes those are Goldpoint knobs, I am very happy with the knobs. They have a nice feel to them.

MNPCTech Billet Machined Aluminum Case Feet w/ Grooved Edges (Set of 4) - Black Products Model: MNPCTECH-GBF-BK [MNPCTECH-GBF-BK] : Performance-PCs.com, ... sleeve it and they will come

They are meant to be drilled, they come with pretty good sized bolts for it. However because of my layout I did not have the clearance to bolt them. So I use some 3M double-sided adhesive which is pretty strong stuff and seems to work well.

Thanks for the link. The price would add up a lot cos I need 12 of them

m1abrams that is very slick work!
I love the uber thermal protection =)

linuxworks, your wiring and soldering is always perfect. Does it just take a lot of planning?

I did the layout 'on the fly', just looking at the schematic. what's funny is that AMB was working on the official layout and the one he came up with (just hours later) was almost identical to mine! I guess that vetts it, to some degree

he also did the layout on the relay atten part (a 2nd board that connects to this one). look for both in the LCDuino1 thread in the next few days.

part of the fun of this bargraph stuff is that you can run the code at 1/100x the speed and watch the relays sequence. its NOT just a simple sequencing, its pretty unique (I have not seen this algorithm used or described before) and when you slow down the i/o so that you can see things, its an interesting (and hopefully useful) demo. over time, I'd like to get the relay clicking to be even smarter than it is now; and the bargrah LEDs will help us develop the code better.

each bargraph has an LED to indicate if that relay is being pulsed in the + or - direction. each led will only be on for a short time (enough to let the relay latch and then current for that 'bit' is removed). first step is to mute things before the relays 'run up' and so I'm using the highest bit (bit7) as a pseudo mute bit. that bit (relay) comes on first, then its pulsed off. then the rest of the relays are done in groups of 2 or 3 'changes' at a time, then they're pulsed off. finally, the mute 'bit' is unmuted (pulsed off) and this is seen as the high order by on the OTHER led bargraph flashing momentarily. (I'll take a short video and post that to show what I mean).

Are the bargraph leds there only for development, or are they going to be on the production board as well?

see the LCDuino thread for more discussion on that. (sorry, but I've been asked to move discussion and photos over there and not here.)