Hi, I wanted to share the results of a project I've been working on as this year's lights have been going up.
I accidently left one of my controller boxes in the weather a bit long and found it full of water so I took the opportunity to tidy them all up, which included designing and 3d-printing some more elegant mounts. While I want to eventually set up some nicer boxes, I've been using some off the shelf outdoor boxes available at Bunnings and Jaycar.
I designed some mounting plates for these boxes plus brackets for several Falcon differential receivers, fuse blocks and cable management. The goal was to make a modular system that allows different parts to be moved around, as well as expansion with other boards and components as I get a chance. There could be a better system available, but I like tinkering with projects like this.
Below are the parts available at the moment. I have a stack of older Falcon boards so if anyone has any specific requests I might be able to add to the collection.
Enclosure box base plates:
Parts are assembled using M3 machine screws, the baseplates have a grid of hex cuts to capture the nuts. The latest versions allow mounting cable management brackets on the underside. The boards and fuse blocks mount by embedding nuts (M4 for the fuse blocks) into their respective brackets by using a long screw and drawing it up into the void. Use quality screws or there is risk of stripping them inside the part, which is then hard to extract without damage.
The STL files are available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7215238
Anyway, I hope this is useful to someone. Any questions or feedback, let me know.
I accidently left one of my controller boxes in the weather a bit long and found it full of water so I took the opportunity to tidy them all up, which included designing and 3d-printing some more elegant mounts. While I want to eventually set up some nicer boxes, I've been using some off the shelf outdoor boxes available at Bunnings and Jaycar.
I designed some mounting plates for these boxes plus brackets for several Falcon differential receivers, fuse blocks and cable management. The goal was to make a modular system that allows different parts to be moved around, as well as expansion with other boards and components as I get a chance. There could be a better system available, but I like tinkering with projects like this.
Below are the parts available at the moment. I have a stack of older Falcon boards so if anyone has any specific requests I might be able to add to the collection.
Enclosure box base plates:
- Arlec 5 Outlet Weatherproof Electrical Enclosure Box
- Legacy black outdoor box from Bunnings
- SRx2 Long Range Dual SmartReceiver
- SRx1 v5.00 SmartReceiver
Parts are assembled using M3 machine screws, the baseplates have a grid of hex cuts to capture the nuts. The latest versions allow mounting cable management brackets on the underside. The boards and fuse blocks mount by embedding nuts (M4 for the fuse blocks) into their respective brackets by using a long screw and drawing it up into the void. Use quality screws or there is risk of stripping them inside the part, which is then hard to extract without damage.
The STL files are available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7215238
Anyway, I hope this is useful to someone. Any questions or feedback, let me know.
