two fans and speaker grills, on push-pins + rubber trim

using high-speed Panaflo's at 5V for now, might replace them later

the PSU was getting warm, so i added another fan on the back

using a USB to serial converter to feed the VFD

the IR remote receiver is mounted to the chassis

hm... need to do something about the PSU... still getting warm.

ok, rewired the USB adapter for 5-pin on-board header

ah, i know - put some more heatsinks on it!

cheap black anodized aluminum heatsinks (bought them on ebay a long time ago in bulk) + arctic silver epoxy

much better - the PSU stays cool and looks...

all assembled, VFD reprogrammed, buttons back-lit with red

yes, red LEDs - the photo doesn't do it justice

just some red LEDs hot-glued behind the buttons

to be powered off of the on-board 12V fan header

paint the buttons black, while we're at it

pre-final assembly - looks pretty messy for now

so, everything still fits - and works, too!