[HN Gopher] TerraPi modular case system for Raspberry Pi support...
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       TerraPi modular case system for Raspberry Pi supports multiple
       SSD's, DIN rail
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2020-12-19 19:34 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cnx-software.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnx-software.com)
        
       | jand wrote:
       | For persons unfamiliar with 3D-printing advances of the last
       | years, it would be nice to prominently state the used materials.
       | At least for stuff like heatsinks.
       | 
       | I found nothing on the cnx-software website.
       | 
       | The INUX3D website just provides a generic statement about
       | "special cases and materials".
       | 
       | edit: found "We use top quality PLA and PETG filaments for our
       | products." on the INUX3D website
        
         | lbotos wrote:
         | the heatsink is a pretty generic PI looking heatsink:
         | https://www.elektor.com/pimoroni-aluminium-heatsink-case-for...
         | 
         | I assume they will be sourcing those and printing the stands
         | themselves.
        
         | jstanley wrote:
         | I'm pretty sure the heatsink is going to be aluminium. A
         | 3d-printed heatsink would not work too well.
        
           | jvzr wrote:
           | Indeed, they specify that the heatsink is aluminium in one of
           | the descriptions
        
           | _Microft wrote:
           | Never underestimate how much energy you can store in a phase
           | change ;)
        
       | alacombe wrote:
       | Passive aluminium cases for the Raspberry Pies have the huge
       | downside of killing wifi signal.
        
       | strenholme wrote:
       | For using the Pi as a mini-NAS, what I would like to see is a
       | case with:
       | 
       | * A place for the Pi with appropriate cooling for the Model B CPU
       | 
       | * The two USB-to-SATA cables we will need
       | 
       | * Slots large enough to fit 3.5" drives. For NAS purposes, HDDs
       | still make more sense than SSD, since the max capacity for a
       | single SATA SSD drive is 8tb, but HDDs can store 18tb.
       | 
       | * A box that the entire setup goes in to.
        
         | StreamBright wrote:
         | I am working on something like this. Planning to design a 2U
         | size case with enough room for multiple Pis an drives, quiet
         | cooling (low rpm). My aim is to have 16T in one box.
        
         | novok wrote:
         | Aren't you just getting into actual NAS prices at that point?
        
       | bird_monster wrote:
       | A few years ago I was on a contract that used a horrible
       | proprietary software/hardware combo to read data off of sensors
       | and make it available to users. It had its own authentication
       | system and this awful convoluted process for actually pulling
       | data-as-CSV from each connected device. The only reason that
       | system was chosen was because it was a system that supported
       | mounting via DIN rail.
       | 
       | I wish something like this was used. My life would've been 1000x
       | easier.
        
         | elcritch wrote:
         | PS there's also https://revolution.kunbus.com/ for a full
         | "industrial" pi. Put Nerves on it and you're golden :-)
        
       | SoSoRoCoCo wrote:
       | I recently started outfitting my lab with DIN rails, and now
       | everything has to be retrofitted (just cuz, ok!), so this is
       | pretty cool.
       | 
       | FWIW: the official RPi cooling fan is awful. Noisy and a crazy
       | tight fit. Canakit is better.
        
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