{"id":5512,"date":"2011-04-12T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2012-11-23T04:08:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T08:08:21","slug":"awesome-box%e2%84%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5512","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Box\u00e2\u201e\u00a2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday I finally got all the parts for my new &#8220;Awesome Box&#8221; for housing a single BLASTBus2 motherboard. I think it&#8217;s pretty cute with its mini-backplane, and it&#8217;s all crammed into a box that couldn&#8217;t be much smaller. So I got out my camera, and today I&#8217;m dusting off my blogging hat. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5512 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5521'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0073-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mini-Backplane\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0073-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0073-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0073-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5521'>\n\t\t\t\tMotherboard side of the mini-backplane\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5520'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0075-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Motherboard\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0075-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0075-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0075-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5520'>\n\t\t\t\tMotherboard&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5519'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0078-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mini-Backplane Attached\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5519\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0078-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0078-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0078-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5519'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;with mini-backplane attached\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5517'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0081-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mounted\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0081-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0081-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0081-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5517'>\n\t\t\t\tThen mounted to the top panel of a box\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5516'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0086-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Boxed\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5516\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0086-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0086-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0086-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5516'>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then boxed\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5515'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0090-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blinkenlights\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_0090-150x100.jpg 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Reading out an encoder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday I finally got all the parts for my new &#8220;Awesome Box&#8221; for housing a single BLASTBus2 motherboard. I think it&#8217;s pretty cute with its mini-backplane, and it&#8217;s all crammed into a box that couldn&#8217;t be much smaller. So I got out my camera, and today I&#8217;m dusting off my blogging hat. Enjoy! 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