Since more than once one of my students has almost confused my Bus Pirate v5 (a very old version that I use to test what I’m developing and to make sure it stays backward-compatible) and almost took it home thinking it was a Bus Pirate v6, I changed the colors. I think it turned out really cool. I’m leaving you a video and images of the process (of course you can’t see the colored LEDs anymore, but oh well…). I like the result.. Btw, The debugging connector was damaged, so I took the opportunity to replace it.
I was cleaning a bit the other day and I still have two rough tooling samples from the first mold. Blue ABS or something. Lots of milling marks. Let me know if you’d like one to designate your don’t take me bus pirate
Love the color scheme. I used the very low-tech method of writing on the inside of the casing in thick red sharpie, outlined by black sharpie. Yours is much nicer. The finish is amazing looking … 3D printing has gotten so much better.
Is your 3D printer “consumer-ready”, or do they still require tinkering?
I have a Prusa Mini and it was pretty much print ready.
Phase 1: The worst part is getting the Z axis calibrated so the filament sticks to the plate correctly. This took a few hours/days to get right, as I’d never used a 3D printer and didn’t know what I was looking for. Write the Z axis setting on a sticker and put it on the Z axis post.
Phase 2: Certain colors are much easier to print. Prusa PLA filament with “sparkles” in pink, grey, blue are all a dream to print. Prusa black and white ooze out of control and I’ve never been able to print anything with them.
Phase 3: The real learning curve is designing. Nothing < 45 degrees, super careful of overhangs, do you bother with scaffolding, etc.
Everything was done with a Bambu Lab, and it can print in multicolor too, those 3D printers are amazing. They’re for people who don’t want to learn a lot and just want to use it as a tool. I’m super happy.
. Btw, The debugging connector was damaged, so I took the opportunity to replace it.
