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Tech9ine
Nov 13, 2012, 11:58:44 AM11/13/12
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Have you guys did anything with the Raspberry Pi yet?
Ross Larson
Nov 13, 2012, 12:19:26 PM11/13/12
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I put my Raspberry Pi into a Sega Genesis cartridge, with the help of Mike Putnam's Dremel tool.
(Apologies for the looks of the blog- apparently my custom background has just been lost to the ether, and I'll try to get it looking presentable again soon.)
Emulation support has been a little slow in coming, but I still plan to use the device to emulate old school consoles, probably on an old CRT TV.
The new 512 MB raspberry Pi now has mounting holes which would theoretically make this mod easier. I haven't lined up the holes on the new board to the cartridges yet, but I assume that there would be a way to work it out.
Ross
Tech9ine
Nov 14, 2012, 10:40:47 AM11/14/12
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Nice! Have you worked with creating your own physical platforms or mounts with fiberglass for your hacks? An example would be in this video from SoundMan Audio. It starts at 4:25 and the link should bring you to that time. http://youtu.be/VnMXGelRDUk?hd=1&t=4m25s
Ross Larson
Nov 14, 2012, 3:40:29 PM11/14/12
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The concept of a fiberglass magnetic mount is cool, but I really wanted to punch these guys in the face when I was done watching this video. I think I'm going to stick with the Genesis cartridge, with a 3D printed case as a fallback.
Speaking of hardware stuff, I found this STL file representing a mockup of a Raspberry Pi:
It claims that it isn't accurate representation for making cases, but how far off is it? I would have loved a plastic mockup when I was grinding away for my case, and it definitely would have been more accurate than my sheet of cardboard was for understanding the placement of ports and whatnot.
What would we need to do in order to make this mockup accurate enough to use to design case mod projects around? If anyone has both a 3D printer and a Raspberry Pi, I'd love to hear more about this.
Ross
Alex Hunt
Nov 14, 2012, 3:49:33 PM11/14/12
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Well, a pair of calipers and some time modifying would make it accurate enough. I have a silly question - if you have the RasPi board, why don't you just use it?
I did make a RasPi case for Paul. He seemed pretty happy with it. I'm sure we could pull measurements out of that design.
Alex
Ross Larson
Nov 14, 2012, 3:59:17 PM11/14/12
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I did try it occasionally, but I didn't want little plastic bits from grinding the Genesis cartridge everywhere in/on the Raspberry Pi. I did the grinding in the garage, but my Raspberry Pi was in the basement. After three or four trips up and down the stairs and the realization that this project was reaching late into the night, I decided that a couple generous grinds was easier than continuing to running in and out of the house, up and down the stairs, removing and then putting my gloves back on, et cetera.
I guess I'm just looking for something that could have streamlined the process, and I can't be the last person in the world who wants to make a custom raspberry pi case out of a random object. I never really took out the calipers for my project (as I don't own any), and I'm pretty sure the final project reflects that. It seems like this mockup could have avoided the need for precise measurements, but still ensured better accuracy for the project.
Pete Prodoehl
Nov 14, 2012, 4:55:33 PM11/14/12
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I've made a few laser cut cases at Milwaukee Makerspace using 3mm Baltic Birch plywood... they turned out well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raster/7887290058/
I've got one with a logo etched on it, but that project isn't ready to show yet. You can also add vents or whatever.
If you guys want any, I can try to cut a few more and let you have them for cheap.
Pete
Tech9ine
Nov 15, 2012, 8:36:50 AM11/15/12
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For $35...just buy another Raspberry Pi and mold it. Now you have a mold. Bonus if the Raspberry Pi still works. If not....You can use it for parts. That is the great thing about a $35 computer. Granted I don't know your money situation...$35 could be a lot. Just a thought though. Otherwise just find an old Motherboard... cut it to size... and super Glue parts and pieces to it that match the Raspberry Pi. That is what McGyver would do... but he would ductape the pieces to the board:)
GaveUp
Nov 15, 2012, 9:13:36 AM11/15/12
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For what it's worth I've got a dead PI someone could use to make a
mold or try to resurrect (I've been unsuccessful).
On Nov 15, 7:36 am, Tech9ine <tec9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For $35...just buy another Raspberry Pi and mold it. Now you have a mold.
> Bonus if the Raspberry Pi still works. If not....You can use it for
> parts. That is the great thing about a $35 computer. Granted I don't know
> your money situation...$35 could be a lot. Just a thought though.
> Otherwise just find an old Motherboard... cut it to size... and super Glue
> parts and pieces to it that match the Raspberry Pi. That is
> what McGyver would do... but he would ductape the pieces to the board:)
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> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:40:51 PM UTC-6, zoot wrote:
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> > The concept of a fiberglass magnetic mount is cool, but I really wanted to
> > punch these guys in the face when I was done watching this video. I think
> > I'm going to stick with the Genesis cartridge, with a 3D printed case as a
> > fallback.
>
> > Speaking of hardware stuff, I found this STL file representing a mockup of
> > a Raspberry Pi:
> >http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21718
> > It claims that it isn't accurate representation for making cases, but how
> > far off is it? I would have loved a plastic mockup when I was grinding
> > away for my case, and it definitely would have been more accurate than my
> > sheet of cardboard was for understanding the placement of ports and whatnot.
> > What would we need to do in order to make this mockup accurate enough to
> > use to design case mod projects around? If anyone has both a 3D printer
> > and a Raspberry Pi, I'd love to hear more about this.
>
> > Ross
>
> >>> cartridge-raspberry-pi.html<http://zootlinux.blogspot.com/2012/08/sega-genesis-cartridge-raspberr...>
> >>>> Have you guys did anything with the *Raspberry Pi yet? *
mold or try to resurrect (I've been unsuccessful).
On Nov 15, 7:36 am, Tech9ine <tec9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For $35...just buy another Raspberry Pi and mold it. Now you have a mold.
> Bonus if the Raspberry Pi still works. If not....You can use it for
> parts. That is the great thing about a $35 computer. Granted I don't know
> your money situation...$35 could be a lot. Just a thought though.
> Otherwise just find an old Motherboard... cut it to size... and super Glue
> parts and pieces to it that match the Raspberry Pi. That is
> what McGyver would do... but he would ductape the pieces to the board:)
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> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:40:51 PM UTC-6, zoot wrote:
>
> > The concept of a fiberglass magnetic mount is cool, but I really wanted to
> > punch these guys in the face when I was done watching this video. I think
> > I'm going to stick with the Genesis cartridge, with a 3D printed case as a
> > fallback.
>
> > Speaking of hardware stuff, I found this STL file representing a mockup of
> > a Raspberry Pi:
> >http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21718
> > It claims that it isn't accurate representation for making cases, but how
> > far off is it? I would have loved a plastic mockup when I was grinding
> > away for my case, and it definitely would have been more accurate than my
> > sheet of cardboard was for understanding the placement of ports and whatnot.
> > What would we need to do in order to make this mockup accurate enough to
> > use to design case mod projects around? If anyone has both a 3D printer
> > and a Raspberry Pi, I'd love to hear more about this.
>
> > Ross
>
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Tech9ine <tec...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote:
>
> >> Nice! Have you worked with creating your own physical platforms or
> >> mounts with fiberglass for your hacks? An example would be in this video
> >> from SoundMan Audio. It starts at 4:25 and the link should bring you to
> >> that time. http://youtu.be/VnMXGelRDUk?hd=1&t=4m25s
>
> >> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:19:47 AM UTC-6, zoot wrote:
>
> >>> I put my Raspberry Pi into a Sega Genesis cartridge, with the help of
> >>> Mike Putnam's Dremel tool.
> >>>http://zootlinux.blogspot.com/**2012/08/sega-genesis-**
>
> >> Nice! Have you worked with creating your own physical platforms or
> >> mounts with fiberglass for your hacks? An example would be in this video
> >> from SoundMan Audio. It starts at 4:25 and the link should bring you to
> >> that time. http://youtu.be/VnMXGelRDUk?hd=1&t=4m25s
>
> >> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:19:47 AM UTC-6, zoot wrote:
>
> >>> I put my Raspberry Pi into a Sega Genesis cartridge, with the help of
> >>> Mike Putnam's Dremel tool.
> >>> cartridge-raspberry-pi.html<http://zootlinux.blogspot.com/2012/08/sega-genesis-cartridge-raspberr...>
> >>> (Apologies for the looks of the blog- apparently my custom background
> >>> has just been lost to the ether, and I'll try to get it looking presentable
> >>> again soon.)
>
> >>> Emulation support has been a little slow in coming, but I still plan to
> >>> use the device to emulate old school consoles, probably on an old CRT TV.
>
> >>> The new 512 MB raspberry Pi now has mounting holes which would
> >>> theoretically make this mod easier. I haven't lined up the holes on the
> >>> new board to the cartridges yet, but I assume that there would be a way to
> >>> work it out.
> >>>http://www.raspberrypi.org/**archives/1959<http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1959>
> >>> has just been lost to the ether, and I'll try to get it looking presentable
> >>> again soon.)
>
> >>> Emulation support has been a little slow in coming, but I still plan to
> >>> use the device to emulate old school consoles, probably on an old CRT TV.
>
> >>> The new 512 MB raspberry Pi now has mounting holes which would
> >>> theoretically make this mod easier. I haven't lined up the holes on the
> >>> new board to the cartridges yet, but I assume that there would be a way to
> >>> work it out.
> >>>> Have you guys did anything with the *Raspberry Pi yet? *
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