Gen4 LCD and Buttons Interface DIY by MiseryBot

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

I wanted to run Jetty's accelerated firmware ( http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:15380 ) but at the time it required the LCD* ( http://www.makerbot.com/docs/makerbot-gen4-interface-kit/ ). So I went to buy one from MakerBot, but it is discontinued.
Well . . . why not hack** one up?
All the parts are less than $60.
Fair warning, I have an interest in Crystalfontz which is why I got the LCD there :) The rest of the parts have Digi-Key links in the BOM.
The case is printable on a CupCake or TOM, but the slicing I did is horrible. Hopefully someone will care enough to fix the slicing. What I have works, it just looks like a certain Mary Shelley lead character.
You will need:
) the parts on the BOM
) wire ( you can strip a USB cable like I did)
) soldering iron & solder
) heat shrink
No LCD version now available: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17855 )
** I do mean HACK, this is the sloppiest SCAD + slice + print + glue + wiring ever! Blech!