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MUVE*
I, and two other friends, had the obligated project work to do in school. So we sat down to think about what we should do for our project. Well actually we never sat down at all; it was kind of obvious to us what we were best at. We decided it’d be fun to build a HTPC (or HEPC if you’re going to be picky). We were so fucking sick of the abbreviations, what they mean and what applies to what, so we just made up our own abbreviation.
We decided to call our computer MUVE, Multipurpose Unit for Various Entertainment.
When we designed it we went through several designs, some of them were nothing like the finished unit. We came to the conclusion that the computer should be small, quiet and good looking. Probably what most people would expect out of a HTPC/HEPC.
The components we used for our production are as follows:
VIA EPIA M10000
DiamondMax 10 160GB
Crucial PC2100 DDR-DIMM 512MB
Hauppauge! WinTV PVR350
Antec TruePower 380P
Sony DVD reader/burner
It might not be the most powerful system you can buy, but we were on a tight budget considering we had to pay for it all with our own money. You might notice that the PSU of our choice is a normal ATX PSU, probably not the most logical choice if you’re building a small computer. But hey, what should we have done? Our school donated it to us. Brand new!
Using the fabulous program SketchUp we designed our computer digitally and with it we could take out measurements with very good precision. That way we could build the computer where the components sat very, very tight together. The frame is built with L-shaped aluminium bars. The frame’s dimensions are 28x17x20cm.
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The outer casing is made out of three sheets of aluminium: one for the top, sides and bottom and the other two for front and back. The radius of the round corners is 1.25 cm. Other features of the casing are an air intake on the left side, a PLED display and a somewhat stealthy DVD front cover.
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The first thing we did when we had received our components was to test them out. Luckily there were no problems.
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Before we could build the frame we had to make sure the model we did was correct. We build a simple mock-up of the frame with grilling sticks and then tested if the components would fit. Needless to say they did.
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These are the bars that we build the frame out of.
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