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Lego Case
I just had a go at knocking up a quick Lego case
prototype. Since I don't know the metrics of all the
connections, it's a bit of a "proof of concept" right now,
but since's it's not exactly difficult to take out any
offending side-pieces and move them if they're in the
way of a beloved connector, I'm assuming that this isn't
a big deal.
Also, because of the thin side-walls, a bit of additional
hacksawing or dremeling shouldn't be too difficult.
I've limited myself to only using pieces that are
currently available from Lego's "Pick a Brick" shop, in red. :)
The Rpi Lego case, designed
by forum user eric_baird
I've tried to fit everything into an 8*12 grid footprint, which will hopefully fit … but I
don't have the specs of the thickness of the thin wall-pieces, so no guarantees. One thing
that might screw things up is the height of the board's connectors: I don't know whether
they'll all fit within the upper and lower lip of the side-wall pieces. If the board's "USB
port stack" is too high, I guess the "roof" could be raised by a tile or two.
I knocked it up with Lego's Digital Designer program (free download
(http://ldd.lego.com/download/) from their site). The critical Lego piece is the repeated
hollowed-out "side wall" ("[") brick ("wall element 1*2*2, w. window"), which you'll
find on LDD's parts palette behind the little "door" symbol, or under the Pick a Brick
page, as element #4507686, design #60032 (red), cost 8 pence each.
Feel free to hack, mangle or otherwise rework.
Download the Lego Digital Designer file for this case