# My build progress **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [March 1, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345 "2020-03-01T20:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![AstralDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@AstralDad](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/AstralDad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/346 "2020-05-18T17:20:12Z")
I think that’s dope as hell , good job!!! I wanna do something like that with mechanical switches for a diy launch pad. ---
**Author:** ![Caustic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/caustic/32/15588_2.png) [@Caustic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Caustic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/347 "2020-05-18T17:28:41Z")
I love this. Makes you feel tiny. ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/348 "2020-05-19T01:21:15Z")
![IMG_20200518_211433](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/a/a8d1c2d94f601892fdeb2e447198f749c5b98c9c.jpeg) Well, I will be damned. _It works!_ ---
**Author:** ![ChristianBloch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/christianbloch/32/56_2.png) [@ChristianBloch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/ChristianBloch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/349 "2020-05-19T01:43:56Z")
Well now it makes sense! I love an interface that I can look at and immediately understand what it does and why you’d want that. ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/350 "2020-05-19T07:56:41Z")
sneaky laser printed front panel, 😉 had me fooled for a second… I love the fact I can print in true scale for PCB stuff, its one of those simple thing like burning a CD that should be easy and always work… Sadly after 25 years CD’s can still be hit and miss, but at least they fail in a 52th of the time and having a coffee is not a major cause for concern… ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/351 "2020-05-19T08:18:09Z")
Gate GRINDER 🤘 , what is the function of this module plz ? ---
**Author:** ![fredrik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/fredrik/32/682_2.png) [@fredrik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/fredrik)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/352 "2020-05-19T08:21:00Z")
Announcement thread: > [@AO Gate Grinder](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/ao-gate-grinder/960): > > This is a module I’ve been thinking about since January. Nothing sexy, very much a utility module, but I was excited to get it together and working (pretty much) partly because it’s a more ambitious design project than any I’ve done before, and partly because it provides functionality I haven’t seen in any other DIY module. Quoting the README at the Github repository: Kosmo format synth module, 10 cm wide, to generate clocks and act on triggers and gates (called “signals” generally herein). S… ---
**Author:** ![irregularshed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/30374_2.png) [@irregularshed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/irregularshed)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/353 "2020-05-19T10:57:29Z")
That’s something else on my list 🙂 I’ve found you can get 0.49" OLED displays that use four wires and, by coincidence, these key switches I’ve got have four holes in for hooking up RGB LEDs. I reckon that might have to be an experiment one day! ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/354 "2020-05-19T12:15:59Z")
Yeah, that’s 1/16" plywood with paper glued on the front… just a temporary measure until I get the real front panel. (Which I nearly ordered a couple days ago and then decided to wait until the PCBs came in… which was an excellent decision as it turned out!) ---
**Author:** ![irregularshed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/30374_2.png) [@irregularshed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/irregularshed)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/355 "2020-05-19T15:13:20Z")
![20200519_155410](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/8/83bdd819f43a1e038a5f0e4384c923ec998f6ae2.jpeg) As mentioned yesterday, I’ve got a black base to the keyboard now. I made a mistake and had a lip either side of the back panel that I had to cut and file off - next time I’ll make the effort to get on with Fusion 360 instead of deciding to wing it all on Tinkercad. The two 10mm holes on the back are for whatever I decide to use - decided to be flexible because I’m really not working from any plans at all for this! I did, however, design in recesses on the bottom for sticky rubber feet to go in… ---
**Author:** ![popflier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/popflier/32/80_2.png) [@popflier](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/popflier)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/356 "2020-05-19T19:34:24Z")
When did you get your VCA’s? ---
**Author:** ![Dud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/dud/32/610_2.png) [@Dud](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Dud)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/357 "2020-05-19T19:53:50Z")
I would say that he posted the image 9 days ago: he must have received the PCB in the morning of the 10 or at worst the day before 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/358 "2020-05-19T20:05:29Z")
> [@irregularshed](#): > > That’s something else on my list 🙂 I’ve found you can get 0.49" OLED displays that use four wires and, by coincidence, these key switches I’ve got have four holes in for hooking up RGB LEDs. I reckon that might have to be an experiment one day! What’s the intention for the display… The 4-wire displays are I2C and usualy have a single address on the realy small ones. Rob ---
**Author:** ![irregularshed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/30374_2.png) [@irregularshed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/irregularshed)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/359 "2020-05-19T20:40:05Z")
Yeah, I was thinking of something like one of these… [https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tca9548a-1-to-8-i2c-multiplexer-breakout](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tca9548a-1-to-8-i2c-multiplexer-breakout) I only want to do it because I saw an Optimus keyboard years ago and became a little bit obsessed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fredrik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/fredrik/32/682_2.png) [@fredrik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/fredrik)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/360 "2020-05-19T21:16:44Z")
Done, for now (except for some flux cleaning). I find building multiple copies a bit therapeutic; the second one is always easier, and the third one easier than the second, etc, which feels like progress. This time I ended up with 4× small mikrophonie amplifiers. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/6/6aef5a482b5761e64c9108c553e4a64e5dee6ed4.jpeg) Now back to the more serious yellow things 😃 EDIT: Also a shoutout to @analogoutput who called my attention to the Mikrophonie, via his Kosmo-compatible [Mikrokosmos design](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/analog-output-mikrokosmos/720). If you do Kosmo, go get one of those. ---
**Author:** ![ChristianBloch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/christianbloch/32/56_2.png) [@ChristianBloch](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/ChristianBloch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/361 "2020-05-19T21:19:00Z")
Yeah, I got the VCAs a day or two before I finished them, I think 😀. ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/362 "2020-05-20T06:35:34Z")
> [@irregularshed](#): > > Yeah, I was thinking of something like one of these… [Overview | Adafruit TCA9548A 1-to-8 I2C Multiplexer Breakout | Adafruit Learning System](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tca9548a-1-to-8-i2c-multiplexer-breakout) > > I only want to do it because I saw an Optimus keyboard years ago and became a little bit obsessed 😃 yeah, i have one of those in a container somewhere between china and uk… I love displays. ---
**Author:** ![irregularshed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/irregularshed/32/30374_2.png) [@irregularshed](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/irregularshed)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/363 "2020-05-20T10:11:52Z")
> [@twinturbo](#): > > yeah, i have one of those in a container somewhere between china and uk… > > I love displays. Displays are great 👍 I like to get these HPDL-1414 displays into things wherever I can… ![20191217_181854](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/9/93a5f9cead5a87621159551d5ac2ce07505b463a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![analogoutput](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/analogoutput/32/29663_2.png) [@analogoutput](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/analogoutput)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/364 "2020-05-21T01:28:43Z")
![IMG_6260](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/lookmumnocomputer/original/2X/1/1091fefb0390177fdec6447e2394217e1dbccdf6.jpeg) Expression pedal interface. I’ll be fancying up the front panel later. I decided Molex is too tall for this application but it can be lived with. Anyway, now I can make Molex connectors. ---
**Author:** ![twinturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@twinturbo](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/twinturbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345/365 "2020-05-21T08:24:31Z")
Could you not just move it all to one right angle molex on the lower edge of the panel? Rob [Previous page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345.md?page=17) [Next page](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/my-build-progress/345.md?page=19)