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Of course when you do have your first MCP you are very happy. But as the time goes by you find more and more things which are are not satisfying. As you can see in an older post, the MCP Ver 1 was based on a piece of MDF material for stabilization. The LEDs for the mode selection have not been placed on the push buttons but above or next to them. No FLT intv or SPD intv buttoms were available. But the thing which was most annoying was the way the cables have been organized. Totally chaotic and a lot of hot glue was applied to provide some stability for the soldering points.<\/p>\n

\"Cable<\/a>

Cable Chaos behind MCPV1 – what a mess !<\/p><\/div>\n

So it was time to think about a new MCP. The first planning was done with Autocad Inventor. From earlier panels (COM, NAV etc.) the 7 digit Led displays, encoders and push buttons were already available in the object library. The after some days of planning the final Layout was clear.<\/p>\n

\"Final<\/a>

Final Layout of the MCP Panel.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was also the first time that i used 3D modelling to create parts as i needed them. In this case the holder and the Vert Speed Dial have been designed based on the surrounding parts. You can see the details below:<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a>

Detail View of the Vert Speed Dial and the Holders.<\/p><\/div>\n

The different parts of the inventor file have been exported to Autocad format. Audtocad was used to do the fine work on the different layers (front, aluminium back, PCB drill holes…) expecially the cutouts for the Buttons, LED Displays and so on. You can see the Autocad File below. I also made a small layout of the Pokeys card. The card is attaches to a separate holder on the back of the panel.<\/p>\n

\"Autocad<\/a>

Autocad File with the different layers of the panel. You also can see the rought layout of the Pokeys Card.<\/p><\/div>\n

Based on the Autocad Layout – i now know the position of the drilling holes for all the contact pins for the LED display, switches, buttons etc. The positions of the drilling holes is transferd into a new Sprint layout for the final PCB board. The Layout of the PCB board was done with the program “Sprint Layout” from the Abacom Company. You can see the layout of one (of the two) PCB boards used for this MCP project.<\/p>\n

\"Sprint<\/a>

Sprint Layout for PCB (1\/2)<\/p><\/div>\n

Then the CNC Mill is turned on and two weeks later all parts are ready for assembly. You can see the “physical” Bill of Material placed on my kitchen table.<\/p>\n

\"All<\/a>

All components needed for the new MCP have been placed on my kitchen table before the assembly process<\/p><\/div>\n

The MCP has been assembled and all components are connected. Basically it is a 2 layered MCP. Front Layer includes: 7 Segment LED, Encoders, Buttons, Switches. The back layer includes the PCB and the Push micro switches. If you press a button in front – the impulse is transfered to the micro switch on the PCB at the back with a wooden stick. You can see it in the picture. (CMD A\/ B on the upper right). You can see the switch in the front and the wooden stick connected to the mirco switch in the back. This solution was done by Manolo Hern\u00e1ndez-Pe\u00f1a Marcell\u00e1n and inspired me for my project.<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a>

Front View of the new MCP Version2.<\/p><\/div>\n

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