My TP3244 case solution

[AussiePhil]

Thought some people might like to see how i'm going to enclose my TP3244's
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A TP3244 all cabled up with a full compliment of 4 output cables and the incoming DMX signal on the right.
The power is not connected on this one and my personal plan is to hard wire the 5V back to a 5V power supply.
The 5pin header at the top is for a PIC Programmer.
The 4 x 2Pin headers at the bottom are the hard jumpers for setting limited output default options
The DMX terminate jumper is at the top right.

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A full length picture showing the 4 x female tails for the pixel connections

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Now we get to my trusty bits of PVC, specifically a short piece of 40mm pipe and a 40mm end cap.

As you can see in the next photo I have screwed an eye-hook into the inside of the endcap and just used a zip tie to hang the pcb from the hook.
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As you can see, the Tiger TP3244 slips neatly inside the PVC pipe.

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[AussiePhil]

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The trick is to get the length just right so the connectors are out of the bottom of the pipe, allowing you to connect and disconnect as required.

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Now with a simple eye-bolt screwed into the end-cap on the outside you can simply hang this from your pixel string or anything and have a nice rainproof enclosure

Cheers
Phil

[ɟɐsʇǝppʎ]

Perfect simple cheap solution, Thanks Phil

[kel]

Now, that is something I know I can handle 

[mrpackethead]

wheres your power supply going

[smartalec]

Phil your not a plumber by any chance,
I guess your prototyping the idea..hehe
great work

[KeithTarpley]

Greetings,,,

So, everybody just needs to build Christmas Squids...

Keith

[Mike]

LoL @ squids

[fathead45]

looks nice, would need a lil refined for people with snow haha.

[AussiePhil]

Squid tubes it is...

for people with snow, a bit of 1" thick foam to protect the open end and if you expect them to get buried then a bit of expanding foam sprayed in the end.

so build your Squid Tube today.

Phil

[chrisl1976]

Got my TP's finally yesterday and were very pleased to see that they fit perfectly in the small cases I got from Your Broadband store.  They are still available from them if you call, but there is now a 20 order minimum.  I think they were around $3.50 each