With “Adding RGBW Wings and Enclosure to a Debug Probe” I have a really shiny enclosure for the MCU-Link Pro Enclosure.
But I did not had enough time to replicate this for a full set of classroom hardware. The original card boxes from NXP showed already after one semester severe wear, so I have to setup something more robust: a box to store all the cables, and an enclosure to protect the PCB, for 40 units.
3D printing would take to much time, so I ended up with buying storage boxes and creating an laser-cut acrylic (PMMA) enclosure for the debug probe itself:
Left the original packaging from NXP, right the new packaging for the labs: about the same size, but ‘rugged’ enough for lab usage.
I’m using 4 mm PMMA shets for the top and bottom. Engraving and cutting for the top and bottom pice takes around 1 minute only. 3D printing something like this would take much longer.
The design is a .svg (Inkskape) file:
Below the needed parts for the enclosure, with 3D printed spacers (black PLA). 3D printing the parts for one enclosure takes 7 minutes.
The nuts and spacers keep the two PMMA sheets together:
Everything then is put into a raaco storage box from conrad:
You can find all the files on Github. That way you can replicate that enclosure for your MCU-Link Pro too. The enclosure and box makes it a good and solid J-Link/LinkServer/CMSIS-DAP debugging solution. In case you need an enclosure for the non-Pro MCU-Link, I have you covered too.
Happy boxing 🙂
Links
- GitHub: https://github.com/ErichStyger/mcuoneclipse/tree/master/MCU-Link/Pro
- Adding RGBW Wings and Enclosure to a Debug Probe
- New “MCU-Link Pro”: Debug Probe with Energy Measurement
- NXP MCU-Link Pro Debug probe: https://www.nxp.com/design/software/development-software/mcuxpresso-software-and-tools-/mcu-link-pro-debug-probe:MCU-LINK-PRO
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Hello.
In the SVG file on the upper piece, is there a difference between what is cutting the piece and engraving the texts?
I bought a laser cutter years ago but have never used it. My question is how the design differs from what is cut from what is engraving of drawings or texts.
Regards
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You mean the upper piece from https://mcuoneclipse.com/2021/11/07/adding-rgbw-wings-and-enclosure-to-a-debug-probe/ ?
The difference is that in the .SVG, I changed the line color and transparency settings, so it works better for different laser cutters.
Additionally, I tweaked the engraved text to be better matching the pins, plus I have enlarged the SWD debug port cutout to be less tight, as the boards might have the debug connector shifted sometimes in the solder reflow process.
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Thanks for posting this! What dimensions should I enter so that the svg is scaled properly?
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The SVG already has the proper scaling in the file. E.g. I have used Inkscape, and with this all the scaling is done properly?
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