Simple clip in Raspberry Pi mount by snowboarder

Last crawled date: 2 years, 12 months ago

This is a simple yet effective Raspberry pi mount.
I was looking for a Pi mount that had a number of things I needed that others just didn't provide "off the shelf".
1) No Screws needed for mount or to hold the pi securely in place
2) Easy to remove the pi
3) Compact footprint
4) Easy/Fast to print with very little material (11 cents in material)
5) Doesn't affect any of the ports
6) No cleanup to make it fit the pi
7) Doesn't move around and is very secure in the mount
8) Avoid using corner mounting as some components (I/O pins) are in the way so 4 corner mounting is a bit more problematic.
I try not to use screws whenever possible when mounting inside waterproof containers so with this mount you will need to use the 3M outdoor double sided adhesive which has a 5 pound per inch holding capacity. You could also add holes into it if you would like.
The tab over the HDMI port allows easier Pi removal. This design requires no support to print. Some may say that mounting onto the composite port isn't a good idea, however the force is actually being applied to the edge of the pcb, where as the composite hole is just there to keep the pi from moving side to side in the event of a hurricane.
I printed this on the flashforge creator at 15% infil, .27mm layer height, 25/40 .. My feed rate was too slow on the second print shown in the images, I will go back to using 30 the next time I print this... My first print had the composite hole a smidge too small, and in this new version the composite hole is dead on.. however depending on your layer height this may change. So you can take an exacto knife and carefully trim out some plastic to make it fit.
UPDATE 4/13/14 - There are now two versions, one with the composite hole and one without. I would recommend using the one without the composite hole as it is easier to remove the pi.
Without Composite hole updates:
Easier removal
Larger PCB notches
smaller thumb tab allows for hdmi to fit more snuggly