I have started to receive all the stock for 50 distribution boxes. The PCBs have arrived and the rest of the hardware will trickle in over the coming days.
I am now in a position to calculate the price of each unit and will do so over the next few days whilst writing the build instructions.
If you are interested in a unit (or more), please email me and I will then let you when I’ve posted the information.
Wow – My entire stock of Thunderbolt Monitor kits have sold out. There has been great demand for it. I have just started buying more stock so there might be a small delay if you order within the next 2-3 weeks.
I’m pleased so many of you have been happy with your kit.
Yesterday afternoon I took my tools to a plastic enclosure to create a prototype for the Power Pole kit soon to be available. The results can be seen in the photos below.
I’ll post a video soon with a demo of the unit.
I have created a builders gallery to show what fellow builders have done with my Thunderbolt Monitor.
I have finally got a store set up within my blog and added the first product to it.
My Thunderbolt Monitor is now available for purchase. Click here to see the specs.
Source code, schematics and instructions are available from github. https://github.com/m1dst/Trimble-Thunderbolt-Monitor
Back in 2008 I was introduced to a low power RF wattmeter from a member of our club. I decided to build one and in April 2009 I completed my build. It was my first project using SMT and I loved every second of learning how to solder such small components.
I’ve decided the best way to manage this project to to supply everything you need to create your own solution (pcb etc) or provide a kit of bits for you to build yourself. That way I always know you at least have the right bits. It’s just not worth the effort providing just the PCB at this point. I’ll post a high resolution photo so you will know how to place the bits.
I will also be able to supply fully built versions for a small surcharge to cover my time. All you need to decide is if you wish to have the LEDs and buttons populated as you might wish to use panel mounted buttons and LEDs.
I’ll post again when all the bits have arrived, I’ve properly costed it and have a working example.
Stay tuned.
It’s been a little while since I posted last but it doesn’t mean I’ve not been actively working on the project. I have drawn out the schematic and PCB using Eagle and will be releasing the files to github (https://github.com/m1dst/Trimble-Thunderbolt-Monitor) with the first version of the source code.
I must stress that these have yet to be checked thoroughly so if you fancy double checking it for me I would appreciate. I plan to get a run of PCBs made in the coming days.
To test the robustness of the monitor I have left it running for a period of 7 days. I am pleased to report that the unit is still working and there have been no crashes or freezes. Need to push in the next piece of code which will allow custom commands to be sent to the Thunderbolt.
This post is to introduce my new open source Trimble Thunderbolt Monitor v1.0. It is based on the Netduino hardware platform. It displays the status of the Thunderbolt on a 4×20 LCD screen. It is purely the first iteration of the code and I have a number of extra features to add in point releases.