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Here is the first draft of the front panel for the SDrive NUXX. Yes, I’m trying to make it as 80s / cheesey as possible while still looking decent. Today I received an order from Digi-Key and validated the footprints from all the received parts against a print of the PCB, and everything looks good. Here is a photo of the SD slot sitting on a print, which I think looks rather nifty. I also spent some time trying out the LEDs (Image 1 · Image 2) to ensure that their brightness sufficient and even enough.
Here is an image of the rear panel, including the relatively massive cutout for the SIO connector. Hopefully it won’t be much longer before I get my hands on some more SIO connectors, can validate their footprints / sizing, and then order up the prototype PCBs.
Needless to say, I’m getting pretty excited about this project. It’ll be really nice if it works out.