Recent content by Elektix

Personally speaking, if you want to go the FDM route, buy the Bambulabs X1C (or P1S) all day long. I wouldn't even consider anything else at this moment in time. If you want to brave going down the resin route, I have what is largely considered the 'Bambu of the resin printing world'...

Gold plating helps a lot. I've been testing this recently, without the gold plating, the HASL finish quickly oxidises and you get resistance readings upto and exceeding 600ohm. You also need to press much harder. Also, the membranes start to become a bit crap and don't conduct aswell. Cleaning...

Well, I've had another round of food poisoning... second this year. So that left me sofa bound all day. I had my laptop in reach, so played around with CAD and the slicer settings on Chitubox whilst i felt sorry for myself. Set the slice height to 0.015mm, I'm amazed it worked flawlessly...

A couple of updates pics. Nothing major, the case has been a steep learning curve with SLA. Results so far have been satisfying; total of five Easter egg sprites if you're looking for them ;) Still getting fitment to where I want it, had the odd bit of chipping to small bits inside, but...

Honestly, definitely give them a go. I bought them on a whim, didn't expect much and forgot I'd even bought them :awesome:. But they are so much more robust than I ever imagined. They really do stick solid to the carbon pill and feel like they'd like last. Not like a sticky back foil (which is...

Beautiful people of the Bitbuilt forum, Amongst my many packages that have arrived recently, one from the mystical land of China has arrived after only a month of waiting... If like me, you're short of cash... or just tight as a ducks arse... but wish to still get the most authentic tactile...

First print... "If ya squint... it's mint" :awesome: Lots of learning still to do. Dimensionally, some bits are all over the place. Idiotically I didn't think resins would obviously be thermoset, so need to oversize all of the insert holes and glue them instead. Supports were all over the...

Few weeks and a couple of updates. I've been through a couple of screen support structure changes to accommodate the new PCB's. I designed, ordered and tested four custom PCB's. Power distribution board Picoblade and FPC distribution board Controller board D-Pad/ Logic gate board The above...

I better start designing my V4 case before I've finished my V3! With the ability to squeeze all power management and audio amp onto the same board; as well as removing the need for quite so many breakout boards/ adding FPC connectors directly to the board... The possibilities for form factor are...

So, 3D support material arrived today; so internal support structure was printed and my missing upper corner bracket system was also printed. Fitment was better than expected. Buttons have been SLA printed at a stupidly fine resolution. Took around 9 hours to print them, but they look...

That's because it was your V3 that was my absolute favourite design that inspired to take up the hobby back in the day! My first design was quite rough, so I've not posted pictures, but was inspired by Sifuf; but in all instances when I was building them back then I clearly gave credit to...

Little PCB sneak peak for you beautiful people!

So, picked up my print today after 30 hours on print. Not the best result; any advice on finishing a case would be appreciated. I'm going to build an acetone vapour bath and do some test bits in there; I'll also look at sanding, filling and spraying one of the early cases to see what the...

Ah thanks for the quick response! I'm building the board on KiCad as I type, so brilliant timing! I'll be sure to follow your schematic to the letter :D

Thankyou for putting the files up! The chipset footprints are extremely welcomed! I'm building my own bespoke board at the moment with tacts on the reverse. I've noticed you've included an additional 3x 10k resistors vs the usual diagram and an extra 1Uf capacitor? Is there any specific...