ANet A8 - Raspberry Pi 3 B and B Plus Rear Display Mount

cults3d

Many thanks to the previous creators of the parts used in this project. I recently acquired an Anet A8 and I wanted to add a Raspberry Pi 3 B or 3 B Plus to my printer. I found a mount that would allow the Raspberry Pi to be mounted on the gantry behind the rear display. The original creator didn't have a Raspberry Pi 3 to use as a guide but they did a great job nonetheless. There were a couple of minor issues but for the most part it worked well for my Raspberry Pi 3 B. I have both the Pi 3 B and the new Pi 3 B+ along with the new Raspberry Pi v2.1 camera, which also proved to be 'problematic' as the form factor has apparently changed and the available mounts here on Thingiverse no longer fit the current iteration of the device due to changes made in the spacing of the mounting holes on the PCB of the camera. I was finally able to find a remix of a part here on Thingiverse that addresses the issue of the camera. There were some minor issues with the Raspberry Pi mounting that I felt I needed to address in order for my implementation to be successful: 1. It was difficult to know when the Raspberry Pi was powered up and was communicating to the network as there wasn't any way to view the LED indicators on the back of the Pi. 2. The Raspberry Pi 3 B+ would not fit into the case because the heat sink on the processor was too tall. 3. I wanted a way to mount a cooling fan on the top of the case to cool the Pi 4. The Raspberry Pi 3 B+ now has an additional header for the Power Over Ethernet "hat" (PoE) and I wanted a way to expose that connection for possible future use. (Unfortunately, the PoE hat will require an additional rework due to it's size, and I'll address that in a future modification.) I have included the files from all of the original Thingiverse creations in order that you will have one complete file to download with all of the requisite parts without having to download each of the respective items and sort out which ones will work and which will not. UPDATE: I have reworked the top and bottom of the case so that it can now be printed without supports being turned on. I have also moved the USB and Ethernet port partitions to the top half of the case to ensure their stability when installing the Pi and I have modified the audio connector access to make it round instead of having a large rectangular opening. UPDATE: I have corrected the front camera mount to fix the problem with the incorrect number of prongs on the mount and I have included the spacers I have used to mount the case to the back of the display. I used M3 x 35 mm screws to attach the case to the Anet frame