I made this protoboard platform. It makes staging experiments easier.
There's lots of real estate inside the project box (Serpac 071BK).
I'll get around to placing some screw terminals and so on, lots of room still on the exterior surfaces.
I used the Arduino box to hold the Arduino because I don't like the Arduino's 3-hole mounting. It snaps smartly into the box.
I took pics with and without the top panel (lid). Things are more accessible without.
Would you post a X10 sketch?
I am having trouble get replacement modules for our X10 collection.
Have you experimented with Insteon products and X10 code?
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"Can you put wires etc. in the base?"
You mean the black box that everything is mounted to? Sure. It's empty in there right now, but I have plans for putting stuff inside [#1, one those 'ubiquitous' 5V SMPS, a panel jack and a lead out; #2) a couple of pushbuttons, and then...]
Here's my X10 sketch, just turning on/off...
I got the X10firecracker.h from Arduino Playground (as I recall) and the Firecracker modules from ebay just before Xmas.
I made this front panel to a breadboard setup a while back.
Might want to consider a removable version attached to the back/front surface of your mounting box.