FireStone RPi Case by Raspbian

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Latest Update!
This design worked wonderfully for the Google AIY project. I have added "MiniFirestone Cover C-Arcade", that is used for the button that would be used to house the Google AIY kit ver 2. See "Post Printing" for assembly instructions.
Updated!!!
This is (now) a design for the Raspberry Pi Zero. There are three types of "Fire Stone" covers and several variants of each. The "1Piece" and the 3 piece (A,B,and choose which C you want). The multi-spot designs were for an (optional) pushbutton, and one with 8 LED spaces. I had to grudgingly make a split case as assembly was just too difficult. Finally, I've made a slightly bigger version to accommodate micro-USB right angle connectors.
In the post printing section I have directions for installing Google Assistant. I've removed the AlexaPi since the reason why Amazon didn't want to publish my code is pretty clear.
Adding the rotating status lights is easy (once I found the module). I'll include a schematic and some code once complete and tested. Most of the problem is assembly.
I have left here the base for an RPi 2/3 that will fit the regular stones. They are huge however.
This project started as a search for a "displayable" case for a Raspberry Pi for an Amazon Echo/Google Home device. Finding only one or two, I then remembered the Fifth Element Stones as seen in project:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1012118
Fully props go to Imirnman and attribution, for creating the outside so realistically.
Since the stones are hollow and are JUST big enough to accommodate an RPi, I thought this would be perfect to use.