Mounting the display hint for naked builds.

OzLXR

Hello, I have finished my LXR and was immediately impressed by the sound and response, very nice. The build went well apart from a laps in concentration when I soldered both the bottom left resistor networks in with same orientation and I destroyed one on trying to remove it. I then had to buy discrete ones as resistor networks are not stocked at my local retail shop. Anyway to the point of this post...

I had decided to build a naked LXR and use it for a while before I settled on an enclosure.

So I gave the mounting of the display a lot of thought as I had a couple of concerns.

First, I thought the display may be hidden behind my fingers operating the pots and that I would have to peer forward and down to read the display.

Secondly I thought that if I followed the instructions the display would be very difficult to desolder and move if I decided to make my own custom case later.

I experimented with mounting it on a bent brass framework, steampunk style, tilted towards me but found that I would have to mount it fairly high because at the height I had chosen it interfered with fingers operating the rotary encoder.

I then realized I could mount the display on the pins given in the kit but instead of pushing it all the way down the pins as described in the assembly instructions I mounted and soldered it at the very top of the pins. This gives me two benefits; first the display is not so hidden behind the pots and knobs and secondly I can get some wire cutters onto the pins under the display to make it easier to relocate it in the future, either back down the pins to accommodate the standard cases or move it elsewhere.

I'm quite happy with this mounting option for a naked LXR and also, after completing the kit, I realized that having the display tilted and facing forward was not really a necessity because of the huge viewing angle of the OLED display

mixrasta

An experiment is always good
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