Switches and Circuit Board Sizes and Placement 1956 VW BEETLE - 194

[@bladespec]

Good job DuckmanCycles you’re doing good

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thank you, sir!

[@alistairclyne9362]

Love your thinking about lack of clutter under the hood and especially your 8 switches! Can’t wait to see them in place! This attention to detail is so important after all that work that Earl did on Eleanore’s beautiful body! 👍

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks much I have so much great plans for this and it's starting to get really expensive for just the electrical stuff LOL, I hope it's everything I dreamed of!

[@barackmycat9448]

It`s a long way to the top if you want to rock`n roll.

[@DuckmanCycles]

It's been an expensive one too, that's for sure lol!

[@Matthew-x9d]

Great ideas for wiring up your circuits and switches for your Eleanor. Your own computer wiring harness…An innovative approach for a custom built car. Love it. Thanks for sharing…

[@DuckmanCycles]

Don't forget, Eleanore has three E's, for a Triple-E or else it's a Mustang! Great things are coming for this, rounding up more parts this week!

[@vayabroder729]

Great plans and that little rooster is feisty, isn’t he? His attack caught me by surprise 🤣😂

[@DuckmanCycles]

Oh he can be quite jerky, you just never know when LOL! Thanks man!

[@JohnM-zc4ju]

I love that bug! Its going to be awesome when its all done.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks man! :-)

[@vonwesty3544]

Really cool idea! As far as a mounting system for the circuit boards, you could use ABS sheets with rivnuts to secure the support structure to the vehicle, and the boards in. That would slim down the space used, and you might even be able to build an L shape or something else that might weather protect the boards too.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks for the suggestion, the mounting and the case design for this have become almost as complex as the electrical design... when I got some cool things in mind, so stay tuned!

[@tinkering_guy]

This is AWESOME! I need this for the Panel bug build!!!

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks so much man, I think you could probably build your own, but if you're interested maybe we can work out some kind of deal for when you get to that point.

[@johnchambers12]

I like the idea for the switch placement and your plan for implementation , keep up the good work on Eleanore !

[@noelamick2015]

Earl did such a beautiful job on the paint. Its almost a shame to cover any of it. I definitely like the idea of art deco buttons. That would be great to have power popout windows. Funny how Fierce a 3lb chicken can be. Lol. Good video Lord Duckman. 🦆. Noel

[@DuckmanCycles]

I don't mind covering it up, just don't like so much the cutting into it LOL

[@donalddenning2383]

Great update.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks Don! I appreciate it! More to come! 👍🦆💩

[@TotoGuy-Original]

those mounting rails are called din rails. they are used in house fuse boxes here in the UK and other places too. and probably like you said servers. i like the idea of the oil light going on and the starter button turns from red to green sounds pretty cool. definitely make a 3d printed panel to put the switches in that would be nice

[@DuckmanCycles]

Oh yes, I am very familiar with what the rails are called, they are also available in several different widths, and they are found all sorts of places, but most commonly in technology rack. The 35mm top hat unit will probably be what I use here. I thought the smart button lights was a clever idea... now I just need to make it work in the real world! Hehe! Thanks man!

[@jimstewart6145]

nice job.

[@DuckmanCycles]

I appreciate it jim, thank you!

[@gafrers]

Love the update on this. Great work

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thank you! So many parts are arriving everyday this week. Assembly is gonna be something else! Weeeeeeeee!

[@papachubby1951]

Looking forward to when you get the circuits

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks man! Half of the components just arrived late last week, got a few more on the way this week! Gonna do a last check of my board schematics, then that goes off to print! EXCITING! 😁👍🦆💩

[@papachubby1951]

You are welcome. Like I said, I can’t wait to see how this all integrates into the original wiring system. And how it’s going to switch between analog, per se, and digital. Looking forward to the video.

[@DuckmanCycles]

More coming, just laid out a breadboard with a different chip layout. Fun stuff... and it works! Hardware seems to all be good but there's a few things I need to work at in the software but that's minor details and can he tuned out later. 😁👍🏻

[@Andy-fq3yz]

Car comming along once again made me laugh love seeing to monsters glad your taken car of yourself can’t wait to see the next blog take care thanks again makeing my day alright see ya later

[@ineverhadthemoney7857]

great job //you sell 1000 of them that can be used in every older car and in my 1960 Jeep Willys CJ5

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks man! It should be a direct plug into a Beetle, but something like an older CJ Jeep should be easy enough to adapt. Selling 1000 of them would be interesting, I hope I can keep up with that demand.... a problem I could only wish for! LoL!

[@brand-x7049]

Silly rooster, thinkin' he's the boss. 🐓🙃

[@DuckmanCycles]

Yeah it's funny how he can be real ass sometimes, then shut it right back off and be a complete sweetheart, only to turn his ass on again 5 minutes later. LoL thanks man

[@J_in_the_UK]

Hi from the uk. Great update, thank you. I expect you’ve already thought of this, but going to say anyway. Have you considered mounting the panels upright but still side by side. Looks like they may fit the vertical height you have and would not be so tight between glove box and hinge. Just a thought. 😊 Keep up the great work. Informative and lighthearted. Enjoyable to watch. 👍👍👍

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks for the suggestion, I have considered rotating them 90° each... but one of the reasons I don't want them that way is because the case I'm designing in is going to hide all the wires under a lip on the top and bottom. You'll see what I'm saying when I get to that point. But with the boards turned 90°, that's not really possible. 😁👍🦆💩

[@J_in_the_UK]

@@DuckmanCycles. Thank you for taking the time to reply, I kind of figured you’d have already considered that option. I will look forward to seeing how it turns out. 🙂👍

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thanks man, its gonna a be awesome!

[@MrCuckoobox]

LOL.... Did not take long to "Fill the Drive Way," Again.......Enjoy.

[@DuckmanCycles]

It sure didn't... covered that in a short video this past week, lol!

[@kjeldlarsen912]

Well..good luck with you channel

[@DuckmanCycles]

Thank you much!

[@waynenocton]

Can’t remember, maybe you mentioned it already, but planning to have daytime running lights, and like when you hit the left turn signal, have the left headlight go out? Also maybe something cool like, if the car hasn’t been started in x amount of hours, a certain sequence of switches had to be done before the car will start, or even if that’s not done, a shutdown sequence happens after a time period goes by, kind of antitheft stuff but mostly just fun trick things, since you will have endless possibilities. My 58 Beetle has the semaphores, I want to do some things to it like that, I did already make them flash, far as I know they just lit up, no flashing from factory. I always afraid to leave the signal on too long, afraid it will melt down the lift coils, although they do drop to lower power once they are up which is neat as hell.

[@DuckmanCycles]

I could do something like that, dip out the running lights when signal is activated like modern cars. Since every new car seems to have something similar, its not as interesting to talk about. I'm actually ahead of the game on modern cars at this point, too... hehe! No semaphores on this car, although I considered adding them... TO THE SLANTED PILLARS... that would have been different lol!

[@waynenocton]

@@DuckmanCycles not to copy new cars, to help idiots see your signal, but just a thought, there are so many things you can do with what you’re making, can’t wait to see what all you do.

[@DuckmanCycles]

That is why new cars do it... to be visible lol

[@waynenocton]

@@DuckmanCycles lol I know, was just saying it wouldn’t be for purpose of copying them, it would be for safety and coolness. Like not all automakers ideas suck, just a lot of them.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Well my setup could do it if I wanted to, we'll see how I find tune it in the software when I get to that point :-)

[@thiagooi1236]

😂😂😂kkk😅😊Thiago anjos 🤙🏻🙏🏻

[@DuckmanCycles]

Got to be careful throwing that acronym around, lol

[@jimhartland1939]

Electrolishous

[@DuckmanCycles]

Indeed LOL

[@jacquelinechellis4036]

The rats nest is so ugly. I had to take all the wiring out. I am debating buying a new wiring harness cause its the same factory way. I took my harness out of roof channel and i guess i should have left it for a pull. Lol, i will figure something. The old vw switches and knobs are so cool a bit pricey but that beautiful car deserves the best!!! I know your really good but i would try to not mees with the apron. I dont have the factory seal set up whst did you use on your deck lid. It turned out great.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Oh man, tell me about it! GUT IT ALL! Thanks man, but if I don't mess with the apron, I'm gonna mess the apron up!

[@jbboating3268]

Just go ahead move to 2024 and put in a touch screen, forget the switches.

[@DuckmanCycles]

Already have that, and already covered that in proof of concept. None-the-less, no such thing existed in 1956, it would look wrong.