RPi Home theater case

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A case for a RPi based home theater. Components: Raspberry Pi 3 Adafruit 1.3" OLED Display, https://www.adafruit.com/product/938 HiFiBerry DAC+ board, https://www.hifiberry.com/dacplus USB Harddisk 500GB Harddrive cable: USB 3.0 left angle to USB Logitech K400 keyboard, http://www.logitech.com/nl-nl/product/wireless-touch-keyboard-k400-plus Additional parts: PCB for Ethernet socket (to extend from RPi to backside) PCB for shutdown/reboot/run button (https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48455&p=379280) ("RPi Schakelaar" Eagle files) perspex/plexiglass screen (for the OLED display) The design was made with FreeCAD http://www.freecadweb.org Workflow automation Make is used here to automate the STL export and gcode generation workflow. Attached are the makefile and FreeCAD python script used. You will have to adjust these to your configuration. E.g. the paths used pertain to my specific setup. Dependencies: FreeCAD command-line (for OS X I had to use a local build to get scripting from within python to work) admesh (rotate STLs) https://github.com/admesh/admesh slic3r (generate gcode) http://slic3r.org/ [2016-10-14 Finished. Right to the 'hello' you see the prototype prints] Print Settings Printer: Mendel Prusa i3 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: layerheight 0.40mm Infill: 25% Notes: Material used: PLA 3mm Green Post-Printing Thread the screwholes in the front and back panels with M2.5. The top and bottom covers are screwed on the front and back panel with 5mm M2.5 bolts. The HifiBerry board is mounted on the RPi with M2.5 spacers. The ensemble is fixed to the case with two clips. Thread the screwholes in the clips with M2.5 and mount them on the bottom cover with 5mm M2.5 bolts. A perspex/plexiglas screen, milled to fit, is mounted with hot-glue.