I like your rotary layout. With a big display like this i think is a good idea putting it on top & bottom sides.
I don’t like the case color … but as we say in spanish, “para gustos, colores”
Have you updated the software? If not, you should do it ASAP. And do it twice!! Also update the “library”.
After doing so, you will have new features, like the new multi.layer engine and the webconf utility that you can use to increase the font size.
Finally … could you send some photo of the inner and back sides? It would be nice to see how you solved the details.
I don’t like the colour of the case either! I’m not too impressed with our 3D printer. I tried a few times to make a print with bright red ABS-PC, but these failed. The prints in the picture are using ‘transparent’ PLA which is much easier to print with, but not as durable.
Here are the encoders inside the lid. It’s a tight squeeze and I had to dremel the corner of my PCB away to get it to fit. The IDC headers are a bit bigger then needed, but I had a whole pile of them left over from an earlier project. You can also see the vent holes in the case to help with airflow.
Finally, the stack of the display, the RPi, the HifiBerry & encoder breakout board. This 5 inch display has the RPi mounted ‘upside down’ so that I can plug the HifiBerry & encoder boards directly to the RPi without a 40 way ribbon cable. They are sandwiched together with metal standoffs. I did plan to push the standoffs into the back cover, but the assembly is solid enough without them. I like the mini Hdmi-Hdmi connector that came with the display since it’s a lot smaller than a regular HDMI cable.
Now this Zynthian is working & I’m already dreaming up the next one. After struggling to squeeze everything into a small package, I’m now thinking about using a 19 inch rack.
Hi All,
Here is another little Zynthian box
It is built with 5 inch hdmi display and pcm5102 dac from aliexpress.
I tried to make it as compact as possible:
Tested successfully on some open air gig!
And…
That was great!!!
Thank you so much @jofemodo and all the Zynthian team for making this nice project available!
I’ve made some modifications of software to improve stability for stage work, including LinuxSampler upgrade to version 2.0.
I couldn’t make any install scripts, but I have rewritten some LS Engine code to make it run smoothly
And I want to share my work if it could make Zynthian better!
Your ZynthianBox is magnific! Simply i falled in love with it …
Please, could you give more details about your amazing case and also some photos of the inner side?
Regarding your improvements, please, fork the official repository in github and commit your changes, if possible, separating every functional change in a different commit . In such a way, everybody can test your changes and it should be easier to integrate with the official repository.
Kind Regards!
P.S: I’m really impacient to test your changes … jejeje!
hey Schpion! Your Zynthian looks magnificent! Could you or someone explain to me how exactly you can setup a power supply like this? What parts you need and how to put them together? Or direct me somewhere where this is explained? I don’t want to destroy my rapsberry by doing somthing wrong
My first zynthian box,
Raspberry pi3, official 7» touch and modmypi «case»
Still waiting for my Audioinjector card, so not yet heard this thing… got it booting when selecting hifiberry dac…
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Summary
Todo: wire the encoders/understand witch gpio’s to use… (screen does not use any gpio’s afaik), so i’ll try to wire the encoders without any addon card… so far… no sucsess
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Update: Wired switches directly to GPIO, but left out switch 1 and 2. I have 4 encoders going and two switches (as it covers my needs well)
Finally I came to photograph my Zynthian aswell! I’m pretty happy with the housing, but if I would have known it would take me so long, I would have just bought it with the case haha!
its an additional select button! Because often when i pressed the select turning knob i accidentally turned it and then i selected the menue or present over/under it
I’ve been lurking on this forum for quite some time, but the time for my first post has finally arrived. Firstly, thanks so much to jofemodo and this community for all your excellent work! You inspired me to build my first Zynthian!
While the case is still in prototype stage, I was blown away today. The last chips I was waiting for to complete by build arrived yesterday. I plugged them into the ic sockets on my home-built all-in-one board, connected the parts together, tested and IT WORKED! Here are some photos and a short video of my build (that’s my son playing - all I can do is make noise on a keyboard!). Like I said, I will make a new case to make things fit better, but I’m so pleased that it’s functional!
Regards,
wolfpaw
P.S. I think this may be the first Zynthian in Canada!
Thanks for the welcome, @jofemodo. The display is a Kuman 3.5" display. I adjusted the laser cutter files to fit it. I also used the laser cutter to cut a recess on the back side of the display panel for the display to sit in. I didn’t like the look of the display sitting 3 mm below the top surface. Plus, the recess helps secure the display. The display has a fairly long female header so I also increased the height of the box by 6 mm to accommodate. I built a new case that incorporates all these features. The display is a waveshare 35a, so I just selected the correct driver from the Zynthian setup menu and it worked! Very chuffed about that! Thanks so much for all your efforts on this project. Now all I have to do is figure out all the features! Here are 2 photos of my Zynthian. I’ll add another two in a second post.
Here are some photos of the finished build. I haven’t added any corner blocks inside the case yet, so I’m using elastic bands to hold the top panel on. Now I can try my Zynthian out with my other keyboards! And also check if the MIDI Out circuit works, as I have not tested this yet. I’m also still waiting for the knobs I ordered from China almost 2 months ago to arrive. At least I can do without the knobs and still have a working Zynthian!
… but as we say in spanish, “para gustos, colores” 
… but as we say in spanish, “para gustos, colores” 
