Cases and enclosures

 

 

Many versions of 3D printed cases and enclosures are readily available from the various specialist internet download sites, particularly for all the different Raspberry Pi single board computers.

This evolving web page will however profile a few highly customised cases and enclosures that have been designed for individual maker projects.

Raspberry Pi4 case

The custom 3D print designs for this case shown below (developed with FreeCAD and printed on a Prusa i3 Mk3), is for a fan cooled Raspberry Pi4, and can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here, with the fan control details shown here.

A later addition to this case design is an optional set of 'clips' that allow a small USB HD to be slotted in below the main case as also shown in the images below. The 3D printed clip shown in the last image has a 'mirrored' pair with four clips attached to the bottom of the case using 20mm pan head M3 screws that go through each clip and then secure the case bottom to its lid.

The custom 3D printed clip design is also available from the Prusa web site link above.

 

 

NVIDIA Jetson Nano case

Using a similar design approach as the case shown above, a custom case for the Jetson Nano dev kit has been developed with a built-in cooling fan, as shown in the images below. FreeCAD was used to design the case and the 3D print designs can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here.

 

The main opening on one long side of the case is a simple 'wide gap' so that all the various connectors are easily accessible. On the other long side there is a small opening in the base, as shown in the 2nd image above, so that even when the case lid is fully attached the Nano's operating system SD card can be extracted/reinserted without any disassembly. The cooling fan arrangement is similar to that adopted for the Pi4 case above with further details shown here.

 

NVIDIA Jetson Orin case

Using a similar design approach to several other designs, a custom case for the Jetson Orin dev kit has been developed, as shown in the images below.

FreeCAD was used to design the case and the 3D print designs can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here.

case base with cooling slots	underside of case lid	Orin dev kit placed in the case base	fully assembled unit

 

Orin dev kit placed in the case base	underside of the Orin dev kit showing installed NVME SSD	fully assembled unit with GPIO opening 'broken out' to fit a GPIO cable	underside of the assembled unit showing the self-adhesive silicon feet

 

The main opening on one long side of the case lid has been 'shaped' to fit all the various connectors making them all easily accessible.

On the other long side of the case lid there is a wide opening so that even when the case lid is fully attached the Orin's operating system SD card can be extracted/reinserted without any disassembly. This opening also provides access to the 12-pin button header and the optional 4-pin CAN Bus header.

More detail on this custom case and its use for an IoT hardware platform build can be found here.

 

Raspberry Pi5 with Active Cooler case

This 2-part case, shown in the images below, is designed for a Raspberry Pi 5 fitted with the Active Cooler and is a simple snap-fit of the lid to the base.

The 3D print designs can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here.

 

 

Raspberry Pi5 with Active Cooler + NVMe SSD case

This 2-part case, shown in the images below, is designed for a Raspberry Pi 5 fitted with the Active Cooler and the Pimoroni NVMe Base with a SSD.

Whilst it does allow a simple snap-fit of the lid to the base, due to the build up of tolerences during the print, this may not provide a long-term secure closure of the case, so the design includes four 'lugs' around the edge so that 20mm long M3 pan head screws can go through the lugs on the lid and self tap into the base lugs - providing a secure mechanical fastening of the lid to the base.

The 3D print designs can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here.

 

 

Custom lid for CM4 IO Board in metal Waveshare case

This custom 3D printed lid is for a Waveshare metal case base that houses a Raspberry Pi IO Board with a CM4 installed.

The new lid is needed to replace the standard metal lid case when a PCI-E to M.2 adapter is installed on the IO Board to allow the CM4 to use a NVMe SSD.

The images below show a mixture of FreeCAD images produced during the design of the lid and finished assembly images of the CM4 build that is described in more detail here.

The 3D print design can be downloaded from the Prusa web site here.

 

 

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