I have some external things from this project and decided I wanted to put them into the fabman bridge directly rather than build a separate box for them to live in. I am already powering the Arduino directly from the bridge so it makes sense to me to be able to integrate everything inside the existing Fabman enclosure. Of course I would need to increase the height of the back of the enclosure to fit the extra components in, which is why I wanted to see is it possible to get design files for the bridge (preferably something I can open in Fusion 360 or Rhino, or even an STL would be ok) to modify the enclosure? We would like to do this for devices in our MakerSpace which are using a Fabman to control a usb switch, as some of our equipment exceed the max amps limit for Fabman and cost too much for other components/installation to reach the same functionality. If it’s not possible, we’d just need to model the enclosure and iterate until we have a working enclosure for our new components, but we’d rather just update the original design if possible . I appreciate your time reading this and thank you for Fabman!
the project is interesting, it is a good solution if you do not want to wire 230V circuits yourself, and are not allowed to modify the machine. Otherwise it would be less elaborate to put a contactor in the 230V power supply of your machine or “press” the emergancy stop with the bridge relais.
Hello, I’ve got a similar issue regarding the installation of some Fabman in our Fablab in Brussels. In fact I’m not allowed to wire directly on the machine rather than using the power plugs of the bridge. Unfortunately some users are unplugging the bridge to power supply directly the machine and therefore not being logged and not paying their use for the machine. My idea would be to add a shell around the cables directly embedded in the bridge design in order to making the process more complex for the little cheaters. Could you therefore kindly provide a stp file for Bridge V2? Would be much appreciate thanks!
at Happylab we “solved” this issue by putting a cable tie around the cables very tight at the C13/C14 plug on the bridge. That way if you want to unplug and connect the cables you have to at least also cut the cable tie which was already a bigger barrier for most users.
But of course adding something to the bridge is also an interesting idea. I post the STEP files of the V2 bridge enclosure here also, so others can find it too. (I sent them to you by email already).
. I appreciate your time reading this and thank you for Fabman!