Nice case for my Raspberry Pi-3

Looking very similar (but smaller and much less expensive) to my NUC this case works very well for the R-Pi that I’ll likely img_20161226_140011 use to drive my RepRap if/when I get around to finishing it.

The one issue I have with this case is the limited access to the main board interfaces. It looks as if there is a dedicated ribbon cable slot to allow access to the main external interface.img_20161226_140927 The alternate interfaces are much less accessible as they’re on the top of the board and between the board and the case when fully assembled.

The other issue I have (though for my purposes it isn’t a big deal) is that the micro-SDcard access is limited. img_20161226_141443The card does not extend beyond the case fairing and while it can be extracted with a fingernail between the case edge and the card, I’d be reluctant to use it if i were expecting to change out cards regularly.

 

The bottom of the case is vented and there’s a thermal pad that could be used to sink the CPU head to the case. I have skipped this as I expect to be taking the board out now and again for access to the hardware pins.

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