{"id":600,"date":"2007-10-19T22:15:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T02:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seanpallas.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2019-09-25T17:35:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T23:35:49","slug":"detailing-the-top-array-of-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Detailing the Top Array of Graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The viewscreen electronics<\/p><\/div>\n

Well another long hiatus over. I’ve actually been working on this, just haven’t posted any updates, so here ya go! So next up was getting the electronics installed. I started with the top array, and carefully got the electronics in place. I found the electronics would not sit flush against the inside of the body, so I opted to drill holes in the top if the tricorder to allow the LEDs to poke through. I then went back in and pushed the LEDs into place, and while I held them steady with a pair of tweezers, I applied some low temperature hot glue to secure them. I then attached the “On” indicator LED by affixing the LEDs to the inside of the tricorder using a spot of super glue. I then went around the LEDs with a bead of hot glue for added support. Next, I attached the display screen LEDs to the dome piece I foiled in an earlier step. Again, I used some glue to attach the board to the dome. I also used a file to make some recesses in the dome for the wires.<\/p>\n

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\"Detailing<\/a>

Detailing the graphics<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up was detailing the top array graphics. I used the original set of graphics as a template on where to place the gold leaf detailing. I also did a rough alignment on the tricorder and found I needed to remove some material from around the red LEDs, so I used a sharp hobby knife to scrape away some of the decal’s material.<\/p>\n

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\"Applying<\/a>

Applying the colored gels<\/p><\/div>\n

Lastly, I applied the blue and orange gel sheets that were included in my graphics upgrade to the top of the tricorder. Again, I used a set of tweezers and an edged-stick. Next up, I’ll be applying the top array graphics and securing the last bit of electronics. Almost done…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well another long hiatus over. I’ve actually been working on this, just haven’t posted any updates, so here ya go! So next up was getting the electronics installed. I started with the top array, and carefully got the electronics in place. I found the electronics would not sit flush against the inside of the body, so I opted to drill holes in the top if the tricorder to allow the LEDs to poke through. I then went back in and pushed the LEDs into place, and while I held them steady with a pair of tweezers, I applied some low… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mark-vi-tricorder","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/markvikit48.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p930oe-9G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2262,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/2262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}