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VFD Aime Reader Style Case for AIC Pico

A case for whowechina's AIC Pico based off the CHUNITHM VFD reader assembly.
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A case design for whowechina's AIC Pico, based off the real VFD Aime reader assembly. (outer measurements should be fairly accurate but missing mounting)

NOTE THAT THIS DESIGN IS UNTESTED - PRINT AT YOUR OWN RISK

The midframe is designed to fit the PN532 and is mounted with 10x M2*8mm screws.

ACRYLIC PARTS

  • 1mm clear acrylic - acrylic cover.dxf
  • 3mm light guide OR frosted acrylic - light guide.dxf
  • 1mm black acrylic - dummy vfd.dxf

ADDITIONAL NOTES/PARTS

  • an ARGB LED strip that's less wide then 14mm and 100mm in length  
  • mount the microcontroller and NFC module with glue or tape (lmao)
  • the plate and acrylic cover needs to be glued on the edges  
  • printed marquee 112x120mm (glossy paper prefered) Download 

All the credit for the firmware and wiring goes to whowechina so go check out their Github repo:

whowechina/aic_pico: AIC Carder Reader (github.com)

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on discord: @lumiplus

 

 

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The author remixed this model.

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