Modular case for Raspberry Pi 5 + miscellaneous HATs

[mikekolling]

Where did folks buy the nuts and bolts from? By my reckoning i need M2.5 x 75mm - 4off. Struggling to find a supplier. Amazon only wants to sell me 840!

[Nas]

Where did folks buy the nuts and bolts from?  By my reckoning i need M2.5 x 75mm - 4off. Struggling to find a supplier. Amazon only wants to sell me 840!

2.5 x 75?????

Are you sure you need such a long screw? Usually when you stack modules you use the 2.5 mm threaded posts that come with the modules, you can screw each post over the previous one, stacking them.

Here in Spain is not difficult to find 2.5 mm screws in small number at hardware stores.

[Nas]

Thanks to gpatsiaouras ideas I have prepared an updated V2 version of the base with a slot to manually remove the SD card when the Pi5 is installed directly over it.

(It also has a couple of holes for the protruding clips of some versions of the active cooler).

In my tests it worked very well.

I have included it in the repository:

https://www.printables.com/model/1228296...neous-hats

   

[jklewis]

This brilliant design looks like it might be just what I need for my open plotter installation on my boat.

The boat is a Tayana 37 pilot house cutter.

I want to install the Raspberry Pi 5 with an nvme base and a McArthur hat but want to break the components up into a couple of separate cases, connected by a ribbon cable, so that the total height of the components will fit in the nav desk on my boat.

It looks like I might be able to build a couple of cases by stacking up the right components of this design.

Does this seem like a reasonable idea using the parts you have already designed?

Thanks,

John 
s/v Active Transport
Marina del Rey, CA

[Nas]

Hi John.

I suppose is feasible as long as you print two bases and two lids to mount two separate cases.

Also you will need to open two slots to pass the ribbon cable.

(I don't know if there is any limitation to the ribbon cable length due to possible electromagnetic interference).

Good luck with your project!

Pablo.

[jklewis]

Hi John.

I suppose is feasible as long as you print two bases and two lids to mount two separate cases.

Also you will need to open two slots to pass the ribbon cable.

(I don't know if there is any limitation to the ribbon cable length due to possible electromagnetic interference).

Good luck with your project!

Pablo.

Thanks, Pablo, for this helpful and prompt response and for pointing out a potential problem with using a ribbon cable to connecte the two boxes.  Ill post an inquiry about that posible problem and see what the experts on this forum have to say. 

John

[gildas declercq]

Hi Pablo,
forget my previous post on your previous thread on this subject
1_ I got the step files from https://www.printables.com/model/1228296...hats/files
2_ I see you made the job for the rpi 4. you rock !

I will print , or to be exact ask to be printed,
**insert ***** YES to all of those saying "i don't have a printer" you have someone offering 3D print close to you for little money that is the great thing about 3D printing. cheap to print, free to ship if close to you.

so I ask the print for the rpi 4 + macArthur and let you know if any issue.

[Nas]

Today I added an "antidrip cap" to the system: a waterproof lid to protect the case from ocassional dripping water.

It is held in place by gravity, without the need for screws.

   

[furijosi]

Hey guys.

I remixed this case with this Raspberry Pi Touch 2 Display Case by RonnyS. This is the result, everything seems to work fine! I just did not have long enough screws thats why its all looks a bit wobbly right now.

All I did was change the baseplate of the Display-Case and adjust it in height. The Pi 5 is still connected with the M2,5 6+6 Spacers to the Display. All other parts of Nas' case attach flawlessy (obviously, because it is the same base).

If someone could measure me the thickness of the platine + tell me which spacers are used to fit the NVMe Base to the Pi 5, I could adjust that and also make a fitting Baseplate for NVMe Base+Pi5  as well. The design I have so far only uses the SD Card.

Thank you very much for the design of that case! I hope, what I am doing here is "legal" (I am new to this whole Remix-World)

Cheers

[Nas]

Wow! I love your remix.

What do you mean by "thickness of the platine"? The height of the NVMe case?