Enclosures

external links

• Wikipedia: IP Code [1]

PacTec Enclosures

New Age Enclosures - They will usually send you free samples if you ask.

Teko Enclosures - Excellent quality, and very generous with samples. Fast, free shipping on all samples.

Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures - heavy-duty outdoor waterproof enclosures. PVC or fiberglass reinforced polyester. Some come with a completely transparent polycarbonate lid or a lid with a transparent polycarbonate viewing window.

Hammond Manufacturing - Versatile boxes, great service for adding custom machining to standard parts for moderate quantities. Transparent boxes make holes unnecessary for LED indicators, etc.

Envision Plastics & Design Uses NMR Technology (No Molds Required) to manufacture custom plastic enclosures for a variety of applications.

• The Electrical Wholesaler: splashproof boxes for bathrooms and kitchens, and weatherproof boxes for outside use.[2]

• ip67 enclosures. www.aliexpress.com/ip67-enclosure_price.html

BeagleBone enclosure

BeagleBone

• Craig at Built-to-Spec put his design files for a BeagleBone enclosure on Thingiverse so anyone could make one from transparent acrylic with a laser cutter (or whatever color you want).[3][4][5][6]
• Mike Doell designed a transparent plastic enclosure for Adafruit to hold a BeagleBone Black[7]
• Pazdan makes enclosures milled out of solid aluminum for Adafruit to hold a BeagleBone Black[8]
• Logic Supply designed an enclosure for the Beaglebone -- steel with orange[9] or textured black paint.[10]

Raspberry Pi enclosure

Raspberry Pi (Motherboards that run Linux#Raspberry Pi)

• Raspberry Pi Case by Wrighma

• "8 Interesting DIY Raspberry Pi Case Ideas"

• "Adafruit Pi Box - Enclosure for Raspberry Pi® Computers" (laser-cut acrylic case) (Is this the same as "Adafruit Pi Box - Enclosure for Raspberry Pi Model A or B"?

• "Adafruit: 3D Printed Raspberry Pi B+ Enclosure"

• "Adafruit: Rainbow Pibow - Enclosure for Raspberry Pi Model B"

• Pi Plate Clip: an accessory that makes the Adafruit's Raspberry Pi Plate a little stronger.

• "Community-designed cases for Navio+ and Raspberry Pi 2".

• "Zebra VESA Mounting Plate for Raspberry Pi": fits the back of monitors that comply with the VESA standard 100mm, 75mm, or 50mm mounting holes.

• Andy Clark: "A simple Raspberry Pi Zero Case" (OpenSCAD and STL for 3D printing); some discussion.

• "Adafruit Pi Protector for Raspberry Pi Model Zero"

• "Layer by Layer - Designing Raspberry Pi Zero 3D Printed Enclosure" -- does this tell how to customize the case?

• Pi-Top and pi-topCEED hold the Raspberry Pi and a LCD panel in an approximation of a laptop or desktop computer.[11] [12]

According to a "Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi 2, B+, A+, Compute Module Dev Kit Comparison Chart", the PCBs themselves are:

• 85 mm x 56 mm : Raspberry Pi 2 Model B and B+
• 65 mm x 56 mm : Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+
• 65 mm x 30 mm : Raspberry Pi Compute Module
• 65 mm x 30 mm : Raspberry Pi Zero

Arduino enclosure

Arduino Links

• Dr. Patrick Hickey. "Space Station modular enclosures for Arduino & Raspberry Pi".[13]
• "Clear Enclosure for Arduino"[14]
• "Arduino Project Enclosure"[15]
• "Dirt Cheap Arduino Enclosure"[16]

working with foamcore

Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) needs lightweight, well-insulated, and reasonably strong enclosures to (a) insulate the electronics package during transit through the cold ( -50 °F ) tropopause on its way to the stratosphere, and the more difficult job of (b) keep the recovery beacon operational after crash-landing on Earth.

The foamcore seemed to work best after EOSS flight tests with molded Styrofoam packaging material, built-up insulation-grade Styrofoam sheet, bulk closed-cell polyethylene foam, and foamcore sheet.

Mike Manes, W5VSI (and Doug Gentges ?) has written some tips on building EOSS enclosures out of foamcore and hot glue and a bit of Kapton tape: "Foamcore Payload Construction"; "Package Requirements"; "Foamcore Flight Experience"; "Foamcore Adhesives"; "Making Holes"; "Planning the Package".

working with acrylic

"DIY Acrylic Refugium" describes how to make an acrylic enclosure.

• "How to Cut Acrylic (Plexiglass)" [17]
• "HOW TO: Hand Cut Acrylic" [18]
• "Best way to Cut Acrylic?" [19]
• "Working with Acrylic" (cutting, drilling holes, metal inserts, adhesives, etc.)[20]