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A power splitter is placed in so I can turn on the Mac mini using the original power button and turn it on via a touch sensitive button.
Mac mini test fitted inside the Cube's internal cage... the DVD drive was removed and the side clips were removed, good fit I must say. The Mac mini actually sits on top of the original heatsink.
The touch sensitive circuit following QProx's datasheet for the QT110, parts were from Radio Shack and Digikey. The black and green wire on the right hooks up to the power splitter. I already put in and the single green wire in the middle is wired to an electrode.
A power supply pulled from an external enclosure. It will supply the power to the SATA hard drive.
The SATA data and power cable unmodified.
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The SATA data and power cable modified. The power cable did not supply enough power for the 3.5" 500GB SATA hdd. I ended up using the power to run the DVD drive and the lighting, that way the lighting turns off when the Mac mini is in sleep mode.
Since the DVD drive had to be moved, I needed a notebook DVD drive to IDE adapter.
Now it's time to modify the inner cage.
Things to do:
1. Cut out the heat sink to create space.
2. Modify the hard drive cage.
3. Cut out the backplate for the Mac mini's backplate.
4. Cut out for the power supply.
5. Cut out two holes for coaxial cable attachments.
6. Remove any unnecessary metal.
Another view of the inner cage, the black thing that sits in the middle is the original heatsink.
Heat sink cut into three with a hand saw. The two ends are needed so the handle for the Cube is still functional, and the middle was removed to allow better air flow through the Cube.
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