Mach3 custom USB Keyboard

[John S]

Placement of buttons, sod the PCB that's black magic, ear of bat, tongue of newt territory.

[rnr107]

Ha, OK.... :-)
Well, I haven't gone that far yet... For now buttons are just bolted to a piece of wood... ;-)
But I am open to sugestions...
I have a CNC mill, I can cut the holes for the buttons in a plastic or metal enclosure for any layout I guess... You could even make your own... I guess you have a mill right?

RNR

[Jonathan]

I guess you have a mill right?

I think it's more how many milling machines does John S have!

I wouldn't mind making my own enclosure to keep the cost down.

[rnr107]

Ha.... a real workshop man!
I like the idea of giving the choice of the enclosure, It does make it cheaper indeed... But more importantly it let you customise your controller at will!

I am not trying to make Millins of $ here... Just to make the price of the PCB affordable... As you know, a 1 of cost a fortune... where 100 of them get down to a few quids...

[rnr107]

Hi all,
I finally got around making an enclosure for my Mach3 USB keypad.
See pictures attached.



All parts are from RS electronic, if anyone would like to make one let me know... I'll post the necessary info...

RNR

[Chirpy]

Hi all,
I finally got around making an enclosure for my Mach3 USB keypad.
See pictures attached.



All parts are from RS electronic, if anyone would like to make one let me know... I'll post the necessary info...

RNR

Hi again Laurent, I should like details of this - I have cnced a Seig SX3 and am frustrated with jogging from keyboard this seems to fit the bill.
Many thanks
John

[rnr107]

Hi John,
What do you requiere exactly?
Do you want to build the all think from scratch ?
Have you got any electronic background?

Laurent