Electronic Dice Packaging

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A simple 2 part packaging to allow one of our Wireless Inertial Measurement Units to be used as a 6 sided die. Version: 0.4 Date: 2012-02-23 To do: add option to add mouse-ears to prevent curling during printing fix bottom positioning bugs in rounded cuboid 2.6 module when switching from cylinder-sphere type Warning: Printing the rounded edges on the bottom face is not easy with a makerbot type machine, support structures can be added but this will require removal with a sharp knife/dremel etc. be careful! None Changes from previous versions: 0.4 used cross shaped module and difference to make printed object use less material 0.3 added pips to each face and supports to hold electronics safely within dice 0.2 a simple side by side 2 part hollow rounded cube with interlocking lips to hold them together 0.1 first attempt, just a simple cube+sphere minkowski operation Warning: There are definitely a few bugs in the rounded cuboid 2.6 file. Also it will take a long time to generate the first time (up to 10 minutes on an old Pentium 4 machine) as minkowski sums with spheres are very cumbersome Also I have attached a screenshot of a Labview GUI that calculates which side of the dice is facing up. Instructions Open .SCAD file and adjust parameters to fit your electronic dice components (in our case a ~303238mm WIMU) Print and clean any rough edges Make the pips different colours using paint etc. Write simple code to convert motion data into dice values Turn on and insert your electronic dice Roll! Get dice top face value Win!