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PI Sandwich Case
BUD Industries is Proud to introduce The PI
Sandwich Enclosure, designed for use with the
Raspberry Pi microcomputer (not supplied) and to
accommodate changes in component location on the
board as well as the potential addition of components
. The enclosures provide protection, flexibility and
ease of access to all components with quick snap-in
installation. This rectangular version is open on all
four sides for direct access.
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BUD PI Sandwich
I bought two of these at Jameco Electronics in Belmont, CA for $7 each. It's okay, but the
board is not held tightly in place. You wand to plug in cables and the SD card before the
board is snapped into place because the board will pop out otherwise, and could break the
plastic pieces. The two sides of the case are identical. You have to gently rock the sides
back and forth to disassemble the case without breaking anything.
Simple sandwich case
Like me, most people do not have access to precision
cutting tools like laser cutters. This makes it's rather
difficult to do some of the intricate laser-cut case
designs at home. So I decided to go with a simple
sandwich case.
The case consists of:
▪ Two sheets of 75x120 mm polycarbonate
▪ Twelve 12 mm M5 countersunk hex screws
▪ Six 25 mm round spacers
Sandwich case
The spacers have a notch at 6 mm which holds the board in place between the sheets of
polycarbonate. Sadly, my design isn't optimal since one of the spacers covers the GPIO
pins.
This isn't the most beautiful case but I hope it inspires people to be creative and build
their own case instead of just buying one. Building is fun!