User:Timtimred

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My Project

Introduction

I plan to build a Huxley due to its slightly smaller size, sourcing as many parts as possible myself as locally as possible to the United Kingdom. This is because a lot of the kits are available from the USA, however I prefer to avoid expensive shipping charges, import duty and tax which add significant cost to complete kit imports.

I am going to document as much of the purchasing information and build here on my user page in the hope that someone else finds the information useful!

Choosing A Huxley

I had planned to build the original Huxley despite issues that others have pointed out to me, however due to a lack of availability of the plastic parts for it I have started to build the 'techzone' Huxley variant as it is more well documented and the parts seem more readily available for it. When I started this project the eMaker Huxley had no documentation and there were no plastic parts available for it immediately.

Which Electronics?

I decided on Gen 3 electronics based on the Sanguinololu board. I originally wanted to build this at home as I have kit already for producing PCBs - alas I had a go but my process for making PCBs is still not perfect. I decided to cut my losses (time really!) and just grab a PCB for it.

I already have most of the parts handy fortunately other than the PCB with the exception of a couple of bits and bobs. I found a v1.1 Sanguinololu on eBay and ordered it right away!

Purchasing

List Of Suppliers

Parts

Parts listed below include P&P and VAT where the price is listed and rough delivery times. Where parts below are listed as from Farnell they probably need to be combined into a single order to meet their £30 minimum per order - Farnell also typically deliver next day via UPS in the UK.

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