Rpi0 and Sense-Hat Astro-PHI case by tyh

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Raspberry Pi 0 + the Sense Hat = Astro-Phi. 2d and 3d drawings but please note these are not official. Thought they might be useful for case makers, teachers and Raspberry Pi dude(tte)s. I've made a case (see pic) but there is room for improvement. I want to mimic the Astro-Pi flight case but using the Pi 0. Shall we say the Astro-(PHI)ed version. It's got knock out plates for the: HDMI, SD, USB, Power. The Holy Grail case of course being a case that could handle all form factors(A+,B+,2) which have the 40pin GPIO J8 header pins.
A bayonet type connection to clip to an articulated arm on the space station or maybe for just tie-wrapping an external battery box on.
Chassis.stl has been uploaded . You can use it as a bench jig without the lid or base when you want to experiment. It might useful for other Hats - which of course a new face plate could be designed to suit as well.
faceplate.stl has been uploaded.
Any one struggling to get the sense hat working with the Pi Zero then check this interim fix:https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=127655
chassis1.stl and faceplate1.stl have a strain relief grommet but I'm not 100percent happy with it.
For a Mk2 version I definitely want to combine the 6 buttons:https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/astro-pi-guide/inputs-outputs/buttons.md
The pins used by the Sense-Hathttp://pinout.xyz/pinout/sense_hat
https://youtu.be/BBiaF8cl_As
I went on to make a Mk2 version where the 6 button are mounted inside the case:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1250638