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British Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: crystalmark on October 13, 2020, 04:03:20 pm

Title: It's all in the box!
Post by: crystalmark on October 13, 2020, 04:03:20 pm

Hi,

I'm creating a similar project for monitoring boats at their moorings but I'm finding it hard to source a good case for the RPi Zero.  I love the case on my Rosetta and a similar but built with the RPi Zero in mind would be great for my project. 

Anyone know where I can get a similar case with a user removable lid?

I'd like the user/owner to have easy access to the mobile sim card.  The current prototypes look like this:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ITnfBUKX5hbJmdkGrWH05ZHVlLl-nnxYR037CtxVukdOHUngBCejBMtwhM2NU3Z2b6gjaNBnBHUwCrdDynCJiGwHcNOrvOxXa77sx6OtpEC2u0rgzBPnCgU8PgDWUzzKDDuV8zu7ZaY=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b4w6yObmDvDSMirf9n354S_qK5vCdhOYXkE4SZmlZXCxznYk0FWQWLYmkAw8RaNzHL_9n821z_qgEkC5qrQ3ESy1mGPHRVCGVUKpb_DGOUDbhi3_iHFh7lPK2mTW2hj3GF-goQEziYw=w2400)

Thanks, Tim

Title: Re: It's all in the box!
Post by: Kurt37 on October 17, 2020, 10:56:42 pm

Hi Tim,

I had a similar challenge with a Rosetta and a Flarm, which I also needed to access for charging.

Have a look at my project thread:
http://forum.pilotaware.com/index.php/topic,1920.0.html (http://forum.pilotaware.com/index.php/topic,1920.0.html)

It's a 3d printed case. If you prefere a from the shelf solution you might get some inspirations from this.

Kind regards
Patrick

Title: Re: It's all in the box!
Post by: neilld on October 18, 2020, 12:30:24 pm

Have you tried the Pi Hut?
https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-cases

DFN

Title: Re: It's all in the box!
Post by: crystalmark on October 18, 2020, 05:30:31 pm

Your project looks good Patrick.  It's a good idea to 3d print the case.  I did try to print a case based on https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:732237 on my XYZPrinting Junior but the lid and the box did not match properly plus the finish was too rough.

And thanks DFN, yes, I've a large selection of spare cases now from the PiHut, RS Components and Farnell!  The kids are busy filling them with weather stations, badger cams (which has only taken one photo of a cat) and smart light controller. :-)

One day I'll find the smallest possible box that will fit all the components plus has a access door for the sim card.