Speaking of front panels, I'm starting to noodle around in ProtoCase Designer to see how I'm going to actually make a chassis for this.
I'm sure there's cheaper services (and more F/OSS friendly tools) but for a one-off it'll get the job done without much fuss.
Initial observation: the standard "rackmount enclosure" they have expects the back and bottom panels to screw together, which blocks that area from being usable for PCB standoffs.
My boards all have mounting holes 5mm from the PCB edge. This is a problem.
Luckily it looks like they have an alternate enclosure design (1U extruded aluminum "type F") that has aluminum extrusions for the sides and flat rear panels, which should let me get by with tighter clearances.
But I definitely need to change that for my next design!
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