Stratux Compact Single SDR

Stratux Compact Single SDR

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I made this to be as compact as possible and to address some things I didn't like about most Stratux cases. Namely, it uses a barrel connector for power instead of plugging straight into the pi's fragile usb connector, it has a power button to shutdown the pi without using the web interface, and the antenna is internal to keep things neat. It's only a single SDR because I only cared about the 978 band. Things you'll need: -The Stratux GPYes 2.0 (Others that are similarly sized may fit, but there's not a lot of extra length available) -The Stratux UATRadio low power v3 (This is a tight fit, and anything bigger will not fit) -A 30x30x7 fan -A 5v buck converter (See pics, anything similarly sized should work if you glue it in. You could also feed the connector 5v and skip this.) -A 5.5mm barrel connector. See pics for style used. -A short 978 antenna. This is a tight fit and requires some patience and creativity to install. You could probably use one of the longer ones and just drill a hole out the end for it to stick out. I may do that if the short one doesn't perform well. -M3 and M2 heat inserts. M2 hold the pi in, and M3 hold the lid on. -A tactile momentary push button and a stripboard to make the power button. The mounting holes for the stripboard are 2mm and spaced 6x20mm. There's two locations in one corner for the power connector. The plug is to fill whichever one you don't want to use. The fan rivets are how I attached the fan to the lid to keep things low profile. Just drill the holes in the lid to fit the rivet and insert it through the fan side. I heated up a piece of metal and softened the rivet with a heat gun very briefly then used the metal to press down on the the rivet to melt it down toward the lid and expand it so it won't fit back through the hole. Like a rivet. If you're not familiar with using a button to shutdown the pi, googling 'pi shutdown button' will get you plenty of good examples.

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