DIY POD 18HP (AUS)

[col]

Recently, I found myself needing a small enclosure just to place one or two modules in. After drooling over the 4MS POD range for a while but not managing to bring myself to outlay the wadge of cash I started to look round for an DIY alternative. I'm in Australia and the 20HP powered 4MS POD is around AU$150-200. Here is my AU$20 DIY Alternative, it uses a Jiffy box from Jaycar a piece of aluminium angle from Bunnings and a USB DC-DC PSU off Ebay. You will need a drill and a M3 tap for the module mounting holes. The aluminium angle slots neatly into the enclosure between the screw pedestal mounts and the top/bottom. It takes around 45mins to make one, once you have the parts:

[col]

To find the power supply on Ebay just search for: HIFI Low Noise Single Voltage To Positive Negative Regulated Power Supply Module.

[EATyourGUITAR]

I could have 3Dprinted a nicer box for a small fee. The shipping would be expensive to Australia. Also, Australia likes to smash the boxes before they deliver them.

[col]

My phone photos are a bit naff, the boxes actually look a lot better than that. Will add some nicer pix.

[aandreari]

hello @Col may i can ask you a couple of questions? how much it will power up + rail? after some months is it still working? any troubles? i would like to build one for a diy case that i would use to just test new diy modules.
thanks

[col]

hello @Col may i can ask you a couple of questions? how much it will power up + rail? after some months is it still working? any troubles? i would like to build one for a diy case that i would use to just test new diy modules.
thanks

Yes, both of mine are still working. One has become a permanent enclosure for my Euroscope V2 and the other one I just use for testing modules that I have built. I don't know what the maximum output current is but I haven't had any issues powering any of my modules. If the XL6008 datasheet is anything to go by the devices are rated to 3A. The bottleneck is more likely to be the USB supply.

http://www.xlsemi.com/datasheet/XL6008%20datasheet.pdf

[aandreari]

hello @Col may i can ask you a couple of questions? how much it will power up + rail? after some months is it still working? any troubles? i would like to build one for a diy case that i would use to just test new diy modules.
thanks

Yes, both of mine are still working. One has become a permanent enclosure for my Euroscope V2 and the other one I just use for testing modules that I have built. I don't know what the maximum output current is but I haven't had any issues powering any of my modules. If the XL6008 datasheet is anything to go by the devices are rated to 3A. The bottleneck is more likely to be the USB supply.

http://www.xlsemi.com/datasheet/XL6008%20datasheet.pdf

Thanks. i'll order one and check, in case when it will arrive can i ask you a couple of things?

[aandreari]

done. calibrated at +12V -12V. fully working. thanks for the idea @col

[latigid on]

I could have 3Dprinted a nicer box for a small fee. The shipping would be expensive to Australia. Also, Australia likes to smash the boxes before they deliver them.

Not sure PLA would cut it if warm electronics are inside... We tried printing PA (nylon) cases but the process is not so easy. Also the time to print on case only makes sense on a one-off basis. In the end we will go for a Hammond case with the PCB adjusted to fit.

[col]

done. calibrated at +12V -12V. fully working. thanks for the idea @col

You are welcome! Any photos of your build?

[aandreari]

done. calibrated at +12V -12V. fully working. thanks for the idea @col

You are welcome! Any photos of your build?

Still a beta version, i'll add some kind of rails.