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Raspberry Pi press-fit cases (Zero, 1B, 3A+, 3B+)
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This is best a general case layout for Raspberry Pi. The design is press-fit but also provides screw mount holes / binding posts that go all the way through top to bottom to allow the possibility of mounting the whole thing somewhere.
I've included STLs for pi zero, 1B, 3A+, and 3B+, along with a zero variant that has a pi-hole logo / label on it.
However, I've also designed this model to be extended for different case styles, logo imprints, and boards. Boards are created using one of the *-info.scad files, which are use'd from the pi-case.scad file. These info files provide board dimensions, component offsets and dimensions, tolerances, bolt sizes and so on. They also provide the potential for customizing the press-fit pegs and the imprint.
The best press-fit peg design I've found so far is on the corners, though this could cause some issues with different cables on some boards.
It might also be interesting to extend the press-fit pegs so they become legs that hold the case off of whatever surface. This would allow the potential to customize the top to accept something like a Noctua fan, with the extra clearance on the bottom providing outflow.
I've included SVG and DXF files for the raspberry pi logo and the pi-hole logo, both rendered into printable paths that can be imported into OpenSCAD (path segments are not beziers because OpenSCAD hates that).
I've included STLs for pi zero, 1B, 3A+, and 3B+, along with a zero variant that has a pi-hole logo / label on it.
However, I've also designed this model to be extended for different case styles, logo imprints, and boards. Boards are created using one of the *-info.scad files, which are use'd from the pi-case.scad file. These info files provide board dimensions, component offsets and dimensions, tolerances, bolt sizes and so on. They also provide the potential for customizing the press-fit pegs and the imprint.
The best press-fit peg design I've found so far is on the corners, though this could cause some issues with different cables on some boards.
It might also be interesting to extend the press-fit pegs so they become legs that hold the case off of whatever surface. This would allow the potential to customize the top to accept something like a Noctua fan, with the extra clearance on the bottom providing outflow.
I've included SVG and DXF files for the raspberry pi logo and the pi-hole logo, both rendered into printable paths that can be imported into OpenSCAD (path segments are not beziers because OpenSCAD hates that).