The "Tortoise Beetle"
By Ran Diyer, Hong Kong
Posted on Dec 6, 2006
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Cutting the Perspex

Cutting the perspex took more than 10 hours...

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Painting the Tortoise Beetle

Next I spray-painted the pieces black and silver.

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Here I am mounting the pieces together.

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Next I ran cables for more LEDs.

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Finally, all the cables were installed... it was time to fit the remaining LED modules.

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The completed Tortoise Beetle!

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From start to finish the project took about 8 days, but I only slept 2 to 3 hours each day. Overall, I'm really pleased with the outcome and I'm already researching my next Mini-ITX project!


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