CH 02
Hardware Principles
Build Notes — Rev. 04
PX·Series / Internal
SLIDE 03 / 12
SECTION 02 — WHAT WE BUILD FOR
Four rules we machine into every unit
DECK / 03
Stockholm · 12.04
01
One material, one finish, edge to edge.
CNC aluminium housing and keys share the same powder coat — no plastic seam in the signal path.
SPEC · ALU-6061
±0.05 mm
02
Color is information, not decoration.
Four encoder caps — blue, green, orange, white — map to the four parameter banks. Everything else stays grey.
CHANNELS · 04
Mono encoders
03
Every label is a monospaced fact.
Silk-screened in Space Mono at 6 pt — readable across the panel, identical from the first unit to the ten-thousandth.
TYPE · SPACE MONO
6 / 8 / 11 pt
04
Repairable down to the last screw.
Eleven Torx fasteners, no glue, no clips — a service tech can be inside the chassis in under ninety seconds.
SERVICE · T6 / T8
11 screws
tk
tekni · px series
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