BTTF Futaba Delorean Remote Project

[homerslash]

Hi All!. I’ve just received my Futaba (red label), ordered the molex button and still searching for the red toggle and the most accurate leds.
A few days ago I downloaded the unibox 140 blueprint and designed and printed in 3D, here are some pictures. I used 5mm heated insert threads.

 

[Fabius89]

Hi does anyone have measures of the metal holder for the displays? Thanks

 

[homerslash]

Here is the link to download the 3D files for the Unibox 150

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

 

[chiliarch]

Thinking this might be a fun quick holiday break build with my boy. I have a non-correct Conquest remote. Would anyone be willing to share 3D files for the Stanley and Molex parts with me? dr_slurpee your prints look great!

Thanks gents
Chiliarch

 

[chiliarch]

Thinking this might be a fun quick holiday break build with my boy. I have a non-correct Conquest remote. Would anyone be willing to share 3D files for the Stanley and Molex parts with me? dr_slurpee your prints look great!

Thanks gents

And so it begins..

 

[bloono]

wow good job, 3D print result is good?

 

[chiliarch]

Well, after a year of much busy-ness I finally got around to (mostly) finishing up the design for a S-5000 replica. Here are some screen shots of the model and pictures of a prototype print.

My design is pin compatible with both the Holtek HT16K33 and Maxim MAX7219/MAX7221 7-segment display drivers at 5 volts per segment. It's done this way so that it's easy to drive from an Adafruit 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Matrix Display FeatherWing (Product ID: 3088) or similar. LEDs are biased for a nominal Vcc of 5V.

I'm awaiting PCBs and components, and will be printing the correct color plastic components over the weekend.

Next up is the socket. I ordered the correct pin sockets from an EU supplier, so that lead time will dictate the timing of the rest of this design.

Note that the whole design is scaled from photos (I wasn't able to get actual parts to dimension), so it's possible there are some small dimensional inaccuracies. That said, it's not by any means my first rodeo, so I'm confident it's pretty close. The entire design is parametric so if I get better data it will be pretty quick to update it.

Hope some of you find this interesting/useful.

 

[bloono]

nice work! It’s amazing, that’s perfect, bravo

 

[chiliarch]

Proto boards came in. Reflowed one and hooked a couple channels up to power. Will attach this to a proper 7-segment driver in the next few days and hopefully post a video. Digits look clean and bright enough. Use of a 7-seg driver should also allow programmable dimming of the segments. I already see a few changes/improvements to be made to both the plastic housing and the PCB, but nothing major - thank goodness for parametric design. The pins on the board are interesting - I had to import those from a German supplier to match the original as closely as I could find.

 

[Doc101]

Just wondering how you got on with your project chiliarch? I'm thinking about printing some parts and doing the same for my remote.

 

[Moffey]

Proto boards came in. Reflowed one and hooked a couple channels up to power. Will attach this to a proper 7-segment driver in the next few days and hopefully post a video. Digits look clean and bright enough. Use of a 7-seg driver should also allow programmable dimming of the segments. I already see a few changes/improvements to be made to both the plastic housing and the PCB, but nothing major - thank goodness for parametric design. The pins on the board are interesting - I had to import those from a German supplier to match the original as closely as I could find.
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Great work, would you be willing to share your 3D file for the Stanley LED housing? Thanks!