[HN Gopher] TerraPi modular case system for Raspberry Pi support... ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-19 23:00 UTC)