Raspberry Pi 3 Model B PC Gamer Case by yr3design

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

This is a case that i've designed for the raspberry pi 3 Model b in order to use as a retro game console.
*Pinting and post-printing
Step 1- Print all the files with the settings showed in the images above.
Note:
Before painting check the diameter of the neodymium magnets hole.
Step 2-The painting process
Sand each part starting with a 120 grid to remove all defects from the part, then move to an 180, 280 and finally wet sanding with 600, 1000 and 2000 grid.
Once the sanding process is complete us filler primer, use one or two coats, then paint with acrylic paint one or two coats.
*Instalation of RetroPie/Recallbox to your raspberry pie.
Step 1: Download Retropie/Recalbox from the following links:
https://retropie.org.uk/download/https://www.recalbox.com
Step 2: Download Etcher from the following links:
https://etcher.io
Step 3: Install and open Etcher on your computer.
Step 4:Insert your SD card on your computer.
Step 5: In Etcher click on "select image" and select your RetroPie image, then click on select "drive" and select your SD card. Finally click on flash.
Now everything it's setup.
*Mounting your raspberry pie and Fan 3010 to the case
Step 1: Drill each hole of the case with a 1/16 drill bit.
Step 2: Insert your raspberry Pie without the sd Card on to your case_L, press the raspberry until the USB ports get inside and the holes of the case and the raspberry fits perfectly.
Step 3: Mount the 3010 Fan on to the Case_R with the cable pointing downwards.
If you don't want a noisy fan remove the JST connector from the fan to get two separate wires. The red(positive) wire goes to a 3.3V pin(pin 1) on the raspberry pie and the black (negative) wire goes to ground(pin6).
Step 4: Mount the pushbutton switch to the case_L and connect red wire to pin GPIO3(Pin 5) and black wire to ground(Pin 39).
Step 5: Insert the magnets on to each hole, four for the stand and four for the case, use super glue.
*Setup your RetroPie/Recalbox
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/
https://forum.recalbox.com/category/5/international
Great YouTube Channel on this subject :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw