Posts made by Pete357

I have tried few of them but absolutelly best one for me is Fusion360

@ferro Thank you, didnt know they have own eshop. I should have been looking for it before.
I suggest to put this link into MySensors Store instead of that ebay link, for others looking where to buy it and not to make the same mistake as I did.

Thanks
Pete

Hi all,

I have used MEAN WELL IRM-10-5, 5V/2A/10W for some of my projects, since they were available in my local store. They are ok, robust, good quality.
But as they are much bigger, 10W and cost me 7,5 EUR per piece I wanted to try HLKs for some projects.
This was my 1st order of HLKs. As I had no experience and wanted to avoid fakes I used ebay link from Power Sources at MySensors Store, this one:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574962087&toolid=10001&campid=5337834143&customid=nodebb&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F261985573055
BTW it is the same seller and store as mentioned by some other members here on forum.

I was impatiently waiting for them. Finally yeasterday (after 3 weeks) I found the package on my desk. First look when I unpacked it indicates something is not ok. Came back to this thread to see how to check the fakes ... unpleasant findings ... poor enclosure, thinner pins, every at different lenghts, non blocking mechanism on pins, no quality labels, no bar codes, no dot mark on top, different markings on top...
These ones look much worse as I could even expect from fakes:

Please can somebody more experienced with HLKs recommend really reliable source where to buy the right modules?

Thanks
Pete

STL files here (change .bin to .stl):
BattCover.stl
BoxBase.stl
Logo_TEMP.stl
LedLead.stl
BattHolder.stl
BoxBody.stl

Pete

@Treffnix Hi, Thanks,
My PCBs are 50x25mm, inner dimensions of the box are 59x32mm,
Yes battery holder is 3D printed too, used with this
.
I will look for STLs and upload it here soon.

Pete

@rozpruwacz
Im also doing 3D printing for others. Just need to calculate cost price.

Hello

I just want to say BIG THANKS to MySensors, to all team for this excellent project and this site and also to all users sharing their great projects and ideas.
I have found MySensors some 8 months ago when looking for some informations how to make my old wired termostat wireless. I was really happy when I found this project and understood it. Since Im hobbyist and DIY guy but had no big experience with electronics, it was (and still is) lot of learning and reading. But that's fun.
With a great help of informations from MySensors sites and forum I was able to move myself from these:

to these:

and to these:

Last ones are own boards inspired by:

• Gert Sanders - Battery based atmega328p sensor,
• Stanley - MySensors D1 mini, and
• tbowmo - Sensebender Micro.

When it comes to enclosures and housings for sensor nodes I started with simple plastic boxes found in local shops, but it was not really nice looking when placed somewhere in house.
So I started to design my own enclosures and this way I would like to share one simple node box for anybody interested.

It is 3D printed, with dimensions: 63x34x33.
Consist of 7 parts with changeable upper symbol plate.

When somebody will find it useful for his project I can share my .stl files of this box.

Thanks and Regards
Pete357