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Originally Posted by Jmirko
Congratulations, this thing looks great! How many hours of work went into it? How do you get the gps signal - does the T68 have it built in? How did you waterproof the case, including the ports?
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Thanks
Well it took
a few hours but that's what hobbies are for, right
The initial idea was to CNC the case from one piece of polycarbonate but I changed plans as it would become way more expensive. So now it's a kind of sandwich construction made of lasercut aluminium parts.
This first version is not waterproof as the sides are still open. In a next version this gap will be filled with some plastic (CNC or 3D printed). For making the gap around the display waterproof I think I will use some glue/silicone.
The GPS signal is supplied by a Nokia LD3W Bluetooth GPS receiver. It has its own battery and lasts at least a day.
There are not many Ereader or E-ink tablets which are that easy to use for GPS
and have hardware buttons so I went for this Onyx.
For more info on how it is build check
www.bertl.bike.
Cheers, Vince