New style Little Pinkie enclosure

[PinkFloyd]

The black Little Pinkie enclosure has served well for a number of years, it is compact and unassuming and does the job.

I have recently introduced a DC version of the Little Pinkie and the existing black enclosure was a little bit "too" little to fit everything on board comfortably (an extra PCB for the DC regulation etc.) so it was time to start looking about for a new enclosure.

I didn't want to go down the "metal / aluminium" route cause that would have added to the weight and, with shipping costs the way they are, it would have made the Pinkie cost prohibitive (ie: too fck'n expensive!) for most people.....

Nope, I want to keep the Pinkie as affordable as possible with best quality parts, hand made by myself, with a VERY high bang for the buck factor.... very easy to dress it up in a silk gown and charge treble the entrance fee but that's not what I'm about.

Anyways....... after much searching and many samples I have decided to go forth with ALL my Pinkies using a new enclosure. It is ABS (so, lightweight) yet much more robust than the original black enclosures. It has a much better footprint (sits on the deck and won't budge unless you kick it!)..... it is held together by 4 stainless steel bolts which mate into brass threads (very good quality) and the finish is slightly mottled and scratch resistant.

I'd like to call it "bullet proof" but that would be frowned upon by a gun owner who shoots at it but, you get my drift..... it's as solid as a rock and looks good (in the flesh) so say hello to the new Pinkie

It's so good (IMO) that I will start shipping them "officially" from Monday. I have 30 (or so) black enclosures in stock but will keep them as spares... I will update my website with details of the new enclosures within the next two weeks (I have already done it with regards to the Pinkie V3i for V3/V8 www.rock-grotto.co.uk/pinkiepsu.htm)

Next to be updated is the V1 / V2 / DacMagic page (http://www.rock-grotto.co.uk/pinkiev2.htm) I will be shipping the first "001" Little Pinkie (for DacMagic) to G. Copin on Monday and his Pinkie will feature on the V1 / V2 / DacMagic page.

I will be uploading internal shots of all the Pinkies (to the relevant pages) but, in the meantime, here is a sneak preview of the Little Pinkie V3i for V1 / V2 / DacMagic:

[clausdk]

Looking good Mike.
But why not make it PINK ??
Afterall it is a little pinkie..

[PinkFloyd]

May 28, 2010 21:35:08 GMT @clausdk said:

Looking good Mike.
But why not make it PINK ??

Cause it would look "gay"..... Each to their own but I am NOT gay (I've never knowingly taken it up the arse) and think a two tone "grey" is a lot more manly than a pink thang

[clausdk]

May 28, 2010 22:49:46 GMT PinkFloyd said:

May 28, 2010 21:35:08 GMT @clausdk said:

Looking good Mike.
But why not make it PINK ??

Cause it would look "gay"..... Each to their own but I am NOT gay (I've never knowingly taken it up the arse) and think a two tone "grey" is a lot more manly than a pink thang

Gays also have headphones, I think.

just don't do this when confronted by one then you should be out of harms way

And what is this Knowingly ?? Have you been to a party and woken up sore in the but ?

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[elysion]

The new case looks better than the older black type. At least I DO like it.

BTW: I just remembered to have seen sprayable EMI-shielding. I know it's not necessary for the Pinkies, but maybe this would be a easy way to add shielding to the plastic enclosures of cheap products. I've seen such EMI-shielding spray on old IBM computer parts. As far as I know it's a "paint" that contains a lot of conductive metal particles that are sprayed on the part that you're like to shield from EMI. IIRC I can get this spray from a big electro/electronics company here in Switzerland, but it's not cheap. Maybe it would be possible to make a DIY EMI-shield-paint which isn't sprayed but painted on then. Probably it's all about the right metal particles mixed into some type of glue/paint.