Well, right before Christmas, I ordered another set of PCB's. I seriously messed up on my first attempt, so I made sure that the second time around, the board was laid out correctly.
The whole idea came from the Squid Relay from Liquidware. I created the first version which worked but was messy and kind of dangerous.
Here are some pics of the PCB:
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Just the PCB. I added some text and mounting holes. More on that later.
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Board fully assembled with cables attached.
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Got a couple Power Strip Savers from Jameco.
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Fully assembled Open Squid with cables attached.
I wanted to add some helpful features to the Squid, so I added mounting holes that will allow you to mount the Arduino above the Open Squid. One of the guys at work helped me find some standoffs.
Here are a couple of pics:
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The whole idea came from the Squid Relay from Liquidware. I created the first version which worked but was messy and kind of dangerous.
Here are some pics of the PCB:
I wanted to add some helpful features to the Squid, so I added mounting holes that will allow you to mount the Arduino above the Open Squid. One of the guys at work helped me find some standoffs.
Here are a couple of pics:
I didn't realize that one of the mounting holes was smaller than the other ones. I couldn't find a standoff that would fit that one, but even with only two standoffs, it is very stable.
I really want to sell this as a kit (minus the cables). How much would you guys pay for this? $25? All of the files are available on my other project Mymakespace in the Open Relay Squid project.
Please give me your feedback.