Todays Project - What did you do today?

[Vinny]

I've been working on this for a few weeks.  Finally have the main part complete.  I designed the boards and had them made, bought the connectors only to find out the connectors fit the board but on the wrong side!  So I had to order more connectors, got it right this time - sort of.  Pin spacing is too close on the connectors but they can be convinced to fit so all is well.

What this does is takes a radio with a detachable faceplate and lets you mount the radio in one place (like the trunk of the car, etc.) and have the faceplate where the operator can access it.  You can also detached the faceplate from this.

This pic shows the side that attaches to the faceplate (left) and the radio (right).  In the pic they look a bit warped and crooked, the connector sticks out the back and it's not sitting straight.  I also had to hold the camera at an odd angle to get rid of the glare from the flash.


This pic shows the connectors I had the problems with.  I'm not the slightest bit happy with the finish on this.  I think I'm going to try flat black paint instead.  The two white connectors are for the speaker so you don't have to run another cable just for that.


Here's an uncolored set attached to the radio and working so you get an idea of how it actually works.


Now you may have noticed there's nothing to also separate the mic.  That's the next part - the boards are on order, due next week.