Arduino holder

Good news, everyone!

I just started with the arduino and right at the very beginning I felt that I needed some sort of base to put the arduino on. I was reading one article from ladyada (http://www.ladyada.net/images/arduino/bumperplace.jpg) and she was using some rubber bumpers on the bottom of the board. I thought about that and decided to make myself some sort of a holder.

These are the instructions how to make that arduino holder.

Thank you for checking it out.

Step 1: Materials and tools

Parts are simple. This is what I used:

- piece of acrylic (2mm);
- motherboard computer standoff (6/32 thread);
- rubber bumpers.

For tools this is what I used:

- drill;
- drill bit (1/8");
- hacksaw;
- ruler;
- pen;
- socket wrench.

Remember that besides acrylic you can use plywood, Formica etc.

Comments

[omnibot]

Sweet, I just ordered my first Arduino UNO. Inspired by this Ible I decided to add a breadboard and do this.

[pcapelo]

I end up buying another one and a Ethernet shield. LOL

thnak you for checking it out and send some pictures of you arduino and the base :)

cheers

[omnibot]

I will, got it a few days ago and realized I have some old aluminium and plexi frames in the basement, it's going to be soo cool.

[the_burrito_master]

The first version didn't catch my eye but the one with the bread board whoa! I'm building.

[pcapelo]

LOL. I had the same felling when I saw it for the first time too. :) Thats why I end up with a bonus round. LOL

cheers

[the_burrito_master]

We have the same bread boards btw, I put a few wires that were a little to thick in some places, witch loosened the prongs on each one it is there any way I can go in and tighten the prongs again?

[pcapelo]

I believe you can open the breadboard from below and get access to the prongs.

cheers

[the_burrito_master]

thanks

[gamini]

Thank you for your efforts

[Infinitevortex]

Nice project, and a great use for those standoff's I've been collecting! Thanks.

[pcapelo]

hi there,

You see, I have this thing with organization and presentation. I decide to build the holder before I searched the internet for it. I even check instructables and realized there was nothing regarding the subject.

I know you can buy, but nothing like build yourself. :)

cheers

[nanosec12]

Here is a thought, why not use Sugru for the bumpers? Then you can have other colors, besides the standard Black.

[adamazing]

At a guess...price. It's quite expensive. Though to be honest...since I've still got some Sugru fast approaching its BB date, I might re-make this with some blue feetses. :)

[pcapelo]

Nice.

I never played with sugru, maybe I could get some to see what its all about. Meanwhile I have lots of rubber bumper here. :)

Thank you again

[siliconghost]

Very nice. FYI, SpakFun recently released a cheap ($3.95) holder as well: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=10059

[pcapelo]

Hi there,

I knew that. Before I decide to write the "bonus round" I did a lot of reseach about the subject. Their product look great, but there is nothing like build you own :).

Don forget to include shipping on the price. :)

PC

[kelseymh]

Very nice! A couple of your pictures could have used better focus (does your camera have a "macro" menu option?), but it's well written, breezy, and has all the detail for someone to reproduce it.

I'm curious why you chose to use metal standoffs rather than nylon.

[pcapelo]

Hi there,

Thank you very much.
Well I took the pictures over the course of 2 days, I end up using 2 crappy cameras (iphone 3G and my old faithful sony U20, 2megas also).

The option to use metal standoffs were done by the fact that I had a lot of then around (computer stuff).

Thank you one more time.