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Models are being blackboxed from actual sizes, here I am gauging the size I will need for my enclosure in Solidworks. The input and output connections on the minimig were modelled with more care to allow accurate holesizes, etc.

http://i.imgur.com/RPfzS.png

Estimated sizing will be >20 x ~25 cm ...

slow updates are slow, but yes it's not dead.

Am dropping the old enclosure as it was not suited to my needs, opting for a polulu cut enclosure from some thickness (probably 1/4") of acrylic. The enclosure will be designed to fit all the parts which I am modelling one at a time into solidworks with ...

Update as promised



...The keyboard is a nice fit and it looks much more like a laptop keyboard would. I will have to make sure the enclosures match colours though, perhaps some accent painting on the inside.

Well update time!
...a lot of things happened but I came back to this project in the end.

This is the plan thus far, I found a cheaper LCD screen to use as well as an enclosure I liked:
http://i.imgur.com/HPUrw.jpg

Green : LCD screen [ link ]
Blue : Keyboard [ link ]
Red : Minimig v1.1
Black ...

Thanks for the timely response jdmlight, I am going out tomorrow to peruse my local surplus store and needed that info.

I was planning on implementing a smaller sized laptop, with a possible battery solution, so the common VGA monitors which run on mains wouldn't be the ideal solution.

I took a ...

Hello Benheck forum goers!

I am vapour, but you may know me as paul, a somewhat frequent contributor to Hackaday, my projects can be found here . I come here because I am beginning work on a minimig based laptop not unlike the one found here by user "MegatronUK".

I am currently at the planning ...