{"id":22874,"date":"2020-09-28T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T12:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/?p=22874"},"modified":"2020-09-28T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T12:07:37","slug":"a-elegant-modular-enclosure-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/2020\/09\/28\/a-elegant-modular-enclosure-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-4\/","title":{"rendered":"A Elegant Modular Enclosure System For The Raspberry Pi 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[NODE] has been experimenting with Raspberry Pi servers and mini computers for a long time, and knows all too well how the wiring can quickly turn into a rat&#8217;s nest. His latest creation is\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/n-o-d-e.net\/node_mini_server3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mini Server version 3<\/a>, a modular enclosure system for the Raspberry Pi 4, is designed to turn it into practical computing box.<\/p>\n<p>The basic enclosure is a 92 mm x 92 mm x 26 mm 3D printed frame with a custom PCB top cover. One of the main goals was to collect all the major connectors on one side and make the micro SD slot easily accessible. To do this [NODE] created a set of custom PCB adaptors to route the USB-C and an HDMI port to the same side as the other USB ports, and move the micro SD slot to the bottom of the enclosure. A low profile adaptor was also designed to connect a mSATA SSD to one of the USB 3 ports, and there is space inside the enclosure for one or two cooling fans. Unlike previous version of the mini server, no hardware modifications are required on the Pi itself.<\/p>\n<p>The only downside that we can see is that it doesn&#8217;t allow external access to the GPIO ports, but the entire project is open source specifically to allow people to make their own modifications.<\/p>\n<p>[NODE] is a big fan of turning Raspberry Pis into custom computing devices, ranging from small terminal devices and <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2015\/02\/26\/file-sharing-in-your-pocket\/\">pocket servers<\/a>, to complete <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2016\/11\/05\/turn-that-old-tablet-into-a-sub-100-linux-laptop\/\">laptops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player lazyload' width='800' height='480' data-src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgjVps6etYA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' src='data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==' data-load-mode='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>source <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2020\/09\/28\/a-elegant-modular-enclosure-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-4\/\">https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2020\/09\/28\/a-elegant-modular-enclosure-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-4\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[NODE] has been experimenting with Raspberry Pi servers and mini computers for a long time, and knows all too well how the wiring can quickly turn into a rat&#8217;s nest. His latest creation is\u00a0 the Mini Server version 3, a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/2020\/09\/28\/a-elegant-modular-enclosure-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-4\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Elegant Modular Enclosure System For The Raspberry Pi 4<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22875,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22874\/revisions\/22875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}