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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by numpad0 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:45AM (#26212168)
Making the case is the “rest of the fucking owl”, like there hadn’t been a successful attempt at making silicone membrane keypads found on cheapest TV remotes in homebrew hardware scene.
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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by swirepe on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:03PM (#26215068)
There are some other outdoor keypad options - tv remotes, security gates, garage door openers, etc.

The case doesn't need to be special for a first pass. We just need enough of a fucking owl to decide what to do next.

https://i.imgur.com/KmaZLNy.jpg

Edit: my plan was to find a configuration of hardware that does what we want to do first. Next would be trying the new platform from a desk and, if that goes well, designing a case for the parts we selected. You can't really make a custom case without knowing what's going inside :)

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