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I grabbed a beepy a little while back (if interested BE ADVISED: they've since gone dark and left a bunch of people holding out for one, I got really lucky and ordered super early) so I could work on some python stuff on the go. I didn't like having all the parts exposed, and the cases available seemed too flimsy for my liking.

I fired up blender and designed a unibody case for it. Printed it out on my Ender 3 and its been pretty great. I use it with some software I'm writing to turn a raspberry pi into a portable sensor data acquisition and visualization platform called a Picorder (Pi + Tricorder).

Nice back view with my picorder logo

It took a couple revisions to get here, mostly to get the feel in the hand right. I wanted some bulbousness to make it easier to hold.

It's designed so the PCB slides into it and is affixed by two screws, and then a top cap is secured with four more screws to protect the top.

I've been printing a couple years now and enclosures are still my favourite item to design and print. So satisfying to hold something in your hand that was once just a 3D model and is now a fully real object. I wanted to add some content here as I've enjoyed looking at the other posts!

I wish you all easy first layers and good prints!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enclosures and cases for SBCs, MCUs, phones, and other electronics are basically the only reason I got a printer. Dust collectors never interested me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I bought a 3D printer so I could print things for my 3D printer, apparently.