Rainbow Fidget Spinner - Revision history

Vorpalwiki: /* Screw the Housing Together and Insert The End Caps */

2019-05-11T14:40:11Z

‎Screw the Housing Together and Insert The End Caps

2019-05-11T14:38:26Z

‎Screw the Housing Together and Insert The End Caps

2019-05-11T14:37:38Z

‎Assembly Steps

2018-05-19T13:40:56Z

‎Assembly Video

2018-05-19T13:40:37Z

‎Assembly Video

2018-05-19T13:39:32Z

2018-03-20T21:42:49Z

‎Solder the Battery Holder

2018-03-20T21:40:57Z

‎Solder the Battery Holder

2018-03-20T21:40:29Z

‎Solder the Battery Holder

2018-03-20T21:32:00Z

‎Bill of Materials (BOM)

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	Do not overtighten! Once the head of the screw meets the plastic, stop tightening. If you overtighten, you'll strip the plastic and the screws won't hold well after that. If that happens, a drop of glue can recover the situation.		Do not overtighten! Once the head of the screw meets the plastic, stop tightening. If you overtighten, you'll strip the plastic and the screws won't hold well after that. If that happens, a drop of glue can recover the situation.
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		+	Depending on your printer settings, it is possible for a hole to be a little too big for the screw. (For example the printer may slightly under-extrude). If this happens, a drop of glue in the hole should clear things up by making the hole a little smaller. Put in the drop of glue and screws, hold it tight with some rubber bands until the glue dries.

	Finally, insert the end caps into the skate bearing. These allow you to grip the spinner better.		Finally, insert the end caps into the skate bearing. These allow you to grip the spinner better.

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 ===Screw the Housing Together and Insert The End Caps===
-Each face place requires three small screws, M2.5 x 5mm long. Each one will go about halfway through the circuit carrier. The kit comes with the right screws and the required 2mm hex key to tighten them.
+Each face place requires three small screws, M3 x 5mm long. Each one will go about halfway through the circuit carrier. The kit comes with the right screws and the required 2mm hex key to tighten them.
 Do not overtighten! Once the head of the screw meets the plastic, stop tightening. If you overtighten, you'll strip the plastic and the screws won't hold well after that. If that happens, a drop of glue can recover the situation.

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	==Assembly Steps==		==Assembly Steps==
		+	===Test LEDs===
		+	The button cell battery has enough internal resistance that no resistor is needed with the LED. This means you can test each LED before soldering it in place by simply touching the long leg to the (+) side of the coin cell battery included in the kit and the short leg to the (-) side. The LED should light up in a variety of colors. Each kit comes with a spare LED, so you just need to find 5 good ones (in almost all cases all six will work.)
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	===Solder LEDs and Wires to Printed Circuit Board===		===Solder LEDs and Wires to Printed Circuit Board===

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 ==Assembly Video==
 Teaching Tech is a great youtube channel with lots of good 3d printed projects, and they did a nice build video on this project. Please consider subscribing to their channel!
 If the video does not play on your device (or you want full screen), go directly to YouTube with this link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6VvctjpQVg TEACHING TECH RAINBOW FIDGET SPINNER BUILD VIDEO]
 <youtube>W6VvctjpQVg|Rainbow Fdiget Spinner Build</youtube>

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 ==Assembly Video==
 Teaching Tech is a great youtube channel with lots of good 3d printed projects, and they did a nice build video on this project. Please consider subscribing to their channel!
 <youtube>W6VvctjpQVg|Rainbow Fdiget Spinner Build</youtube>
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 ==Bill of Materials (BOM)==

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 Here's a short video. (The video actually does not do the project justice, because video recording frame effects make it seem like the colors are flickering, they're actually quite steady!)
 <youtube>G0JT707HtsU|Rainbow Fidget Spinner</youtube>
 ==Bill of Materials (BOM)==

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 ===Solder the Battery Holder===
 The battery holder has a + one one side and three terminals. Place the battery holder into the circuit carrier as shown in the picture below, with the + side on the same side of the carrier as the PCB.
 Route the wire attached to the body of the CF switch to the center terminal of the battery holder and wrap it around the terminal. Needle nose pliers might make it easier to get a tight wrap. Apply some rosin flux and solder. It may be easier to solder from the back side of the circuit carrier (the side where the LEDs are poking through the plastic). Trim off excess wire with angle cutters.

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 Route the wire attached to the body of the CF switch to the center terminal of the battery holder and wrap it around the terminal. Needle nose pliers might make it easier to get a tight wrap. Apply some rosin flux and solder. It may be easier to solder from the back side of the circuit carrier (the side where the LEDs are poking through the plastic). Trim off excess wire with angle cutters.
 [[File:RainbowFidget-Battery-Hookup.JPG|thumb|left|The + side of the battery holder should be on the same side as the PCB. Drape the + pcb lead over the end of the battery terminal as shown, solder and clip excess. The wire coming from the centrifugal force swich goes to the middle terminal.]]
 ===Test the Circuit===

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	Route the wire attached to the body of the CF switch to the center terminal of the battery holder and wrap it around the terminal. Needle nose pliers might make it easier to get a tight wrap. Apply some rosin flux and solder. It may be easier to solder from the back side of the circuit carrier (the side where the LEDs are poking through the plastic). Trim off excess wire with angle cutters.		Route the wire attached to the body of the CF switch to the center terminal of the battery holder and wrap it around the terminal. Needle nose pliers might make it easier to get a tight wrap. Apply some rosin flux and solder. It may be easier to solder from the back side of the circuit carrier (the side where the LEDs are poking through the plastic). Trim off excess wire with angle cutters.
		+	[[File:RainbowFidget-Battery-Hookup.JPG\|thumb\|left\|The + side of the battery holder should be on the same side as the PCB. Drape the + pcb lead over the end of the battery terminal as shown, solder and clip excess. The wire coming from the centrifugal force swich goes to the middle terminal.]]

	===Test the Circuit===		===Test the Circuit===

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 File:RainbowFidget-PCB-Closeup.jpg|Close up view of the Fidget PCB
 File:ButtonCellHolder.JPG|Low profile, half circle CR2032 button cell holder.
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