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Old 03-10-05 | 12:18 AM
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Multibiker
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I just made my first PC board in at least 15 years and it's not too shabby. I used a resist pen. It's for the handlebar unit and supports the turn indicator LEDs, battery voltage LEDs, and the turn signal and hazard flasher switches.

The blank board cut to shape
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/1403/dscn0002dce4ko.jpg

Just rinsed off the etchant
http://img97.exs.cx/img97/7534/dscn0005dce7bl.jpg

It fits!
http://img97.exs.cx/img97/2977/dscn0010dce7zt.jpg

Drilled and populated with components
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/5322/dscn0015dce3bk.jpg

Front view
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/1007/dscn0012dce4hd.jpg

The switch on top is the hazard flasher. The rectangular red LED between the green turn indicators is the low battery warning, and the round LED below it is the green battery OK light mounted in a hole that was originally the beeper. Below it is the turn signal switch. The slide switch on the left side is not connected.

I have a 6 ft. piece of black Cat5 cable that I'll use to connect the handlebar unit to the main control at the back of the bike. Cat5 has 4 pairs of conductors which is perfect. The other end of the cable will have a 9-pin Molex connector.
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