Prototype time
I’m finally getting over my two week infection that my doctor couldn’t tell me what it was. So I should be posting regularly again, sorry for the hiatus, I’ve just never been that sick that I can remember.
Anyways, so at some point during my sickness (it’s all a bit of a haze) I picked up a new case protoype from the engineering and manufacturing company I’m working with (MOR/ryde International). This is the second prototype I’ve gotten from them — I should also say, they’re a great company to work with, and have some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the region, inculding plasma cutting machines, robotic welders, a high-end powder-coating line, and much more.
So here are two pictures of the prototype. The first shows the overall size — it’s not much bigger than a 19″ LCD. The case is metal (steel) and comes in two pieces that screw together. The back piece has a standard VESA mount. There are also knockouts on the case at several locations to connect electrical conduit or, on the back of the case, connect electrical wire if installing the device on a wall. The second photo shows a slight flaw…hmm…it’s a bit of a step back from the first prototype, but they did switch engineers on me so we’ll chalk it up to a transitional error.
And just for kicks, here’s the very first test device I made in my garage to see if the whole concept I had was viable. I actually glued the screen to the case (I’m going to have to unglue it at some point), which was an aluminum kit case I got online, and then used an old Dell laptop (without its LCD) booting off a CD of DSL Linux that I customized.
I hope to have the 10 screen Goshen/RedPost system up and running by the end of April, barring any more “transitional errors,” it should be possible.