CTC A10S Electronics Enclosure
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This is an electronics enclosure for the CTC A10S mainboard. This is for the purpose of eliminating the big hocking black box that sits alongside the printer, and for integrating the printers electronics. I designed this as a temporary solution nearly 2 years ago. While I was never quite pleased with it, I never got around to finalizing the design. It's unlikely that I will, so feel free to make any changes or improvements to best suit your needs. I did provide a provision for a MOSFET for the heated bed. I wanted to keep the cable mess to a minimum, so I crammed the MOSFET inside the back of the enclosure. I should have lengthened the case a bit before adding the MOSFET location as it's a pretty snug fit between it and the rear bulkhead connectors, but it worked for me at the time, and is still working. The sides, the front, and the rear panels should be glued together and to the base. The lid can be either just resting on the assembled top, or held in place by the 4 retainer clips. I reused the board cooling fan that came in the original enclosure and mounted it to blow directly down on the mainboard. Air circulates well enough to vent out the rear of the lid and the two sides. I did not reuse the rear vent fan from the big black enclosure as I noticed it was seized solid when I opened it up to swap the dead power supply. It was the dead power supply that precipitated this stand-alone change. The replacement power supply I bought was a Meanwell and it did not mount nicely in the stock enclosure. I'll probably dig up the STL for the power supply mounts and add to this later, however, they are for the Meanwell power supply so they won't fit the stock one anyways... I've noticed there are no standards for the hardware used on the CTC A10S printer, so this enclosure may or may not work with some boards included with the A10S. I will say that the mainboard included with my A10S is identical to the mainboard that came with my Anet A8 if that helps. This enclosure mounts inside the lower frame on the left side as viewed from the front. It requires the printer profile to be elevated by 23 millimeters. I included foot extensions that attach between the rubber feet and the frame with 25MM M4 screws. The enclosure mounts tilt and slip into the left side of the frame and are then attach to the center extrusion with M4 screws and T-Nuts. The assembled enclosure just sits in the two mounts. One of the included STL's is a mockup of the fully assembled enclosure. It is included for reference ONLY and it is NOT to be printed. I included it to show what the case is supposed to look like in its completed form. I'll gather and upload photo's as soon as I have time.
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