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Radio: Did you notice you have NAV labeled as COMM in your designs? #448

Open CaptainBobSim opened 5 months ago

oOblik commented 5 months ago

To add to this, as I put the radio together there are a few other minor things I found that you may or may not want to update (they are very nitpick-y I know):

Having a notch to accommodate the little pin that sticks out of the front of the dual-encoders that prevent them from rotating when used would be nice. Right now they press against the back of the front plate and kind of force them to sit crooked. It also makes it much harder to properly tighten them down.

On the PropWashSim Dual 5 Digit display, the header isn't completely behind the segment LEDs and the solder points on the other side of the PCB prevent it from sitting flush on the enclosure. Having a small (~1mm) indent in between the displays to accommodate the solder points would solve that.

CaptainBobSim commented 5 months ago

Hey @oOblik Could you draw these out, I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what you're saying

oOblik commented 5 months ago

I didn't want to take my encoders back out so the exact type is wrong in the picture but its close enough to illustrate the issue. I think there are a few types floating around so some may not actually have the nub on them, but the ones I got from PropWash did: Encoder Nub 5DigitDisplay

CaptainBobSim commented 5 months ago

Ahh, thanks for showing me! Usually those would be clipped with side snips but it would be a good design feature to put in a cavity (especially for the encoder - to stop bad rotation)