Chopped the LEDs down, they now sit 2mm off the board. The resistors are tilted at 45 degrees and leave ample headroom for the thickness of the faceplate. The ribbon header also leaves some headroom for the faceplate, about 3mm, so moving it to the other side of the PCB is unnecessary, it would nearly double the height of the board.
That's 8mm to the top of the LEDs, so subtract from it the faceplate thickness if they are to sit flush. Probably 2mm for alloy, 3mm for plastic.
You are a genius my friend. Regarding the resistors, i can surely just widen the thru-holes so its not end on? would that make things a ton easier?
ReplyDeleteor even surface mount mini resistors, i mean there's only 2 ffs :)
ReplyDeleteyeah I reckon the little surface mount ones would be better anyway, way more pro. As for these resistors, well it'd be a bit fiddly to put em 45 degrees, but not that much, because to make space to have them lie flat would involve shifting your tracks around etc. As for the CAD model, one is as easy as the other, can do both or more if necessary thats the point.
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