Populated Board⌗

I populated the board with the Arduino board and the pin headers. Assembly was very straight forward. I added pin headers for the GND and +12V lines for testing purposes, in the future I’ll either add a barrel connector or just wire the power supply directly to it.

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The Test⌗

I used SimHub top program the Arduino via USB, connected the fans to the Right and Left fan channels and used a barrel connector that has screw terminals that was able to just slide over the GND/+12V pins.

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Here is the complete setup, fans on either side of the steering wheel are adjustable and can be pointed at the player. The fan setup performed flawlessly.

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Next Steps⌗

• I need to add friction fit connectors on the fan headers to ensure they don’t accidently disconnect.
• 3D Design/Print a case
• Power connector solution