Raspberry Pi 3 Drive Bay Mount/Case

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One day I looked at my computer and thought, how can I make this meta? I decided putting a "computer inside of a computer" would be enough. This is a Raspberry Pi 3 Case that fits inside of a 5.25" drive bay. It follows the CD drive standards so it should fit in any computer case with drive bays. The only tested case is an Antec 900. Print Settings Printer Brand: RepRap Printer: Prusa i3 Rafts: No Supports: No Notes: This was designed so it doesn't need supports if printed how the model is already positioned. It should be sitting on the face. Post-Printing Put the Pi on the Mount Attach the Raspberry Pi to the mount. The case was designed to allow M2.5 screws but I have not tested that. I can confirm that Zip ties do work. Put your preferred attaching method through the mounting holes on the Pi and mount. Put the Mount in the Case Attach the HDMI and power wire to the Pi. I would recommend to loop the power wire around the mount, as seen in the below picture, in case the Pi becomes unattached from the mount when plugging something into it. This should prevent the Pi from flying around your PC case and damaging stuff. Next, slide the Pi into your case. You can use M3 screws to secure the Mount into your case as seen below. I was able to route the cables out the back of the case. Another option is to connect the Pi to a 5v molex line and SSH into it so the entire system is contained inside the PC case. How I Designed This I used Autodesk Inventor to model a drive bay cover based off of these schematics. ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8551.PDF I created the Pi mount from this model I 3D printed it and made changes to create a finished mount.