GungSukma post at 2015-9-23 15:15:53

Cheap case made of old CD

Edited by GungSukma at 2016-5-2 17:04

I made a case for Orange PI PC from old CDs.

Materials: 8x nuts, 4x bolts (diameter: 3mm, length: 4cm), 2x CD
Tools: cutter (to cut and drill), metal ruler, markers, credit card (as a template)

My questions:
- Will it kill my orange pi, by static electricity or by bad air ventilation may be?
- If so, which other material can I use: cd case, cardboard, acrylic, other?
Thank you.


- Well, I think the CD case is just fine, my PC is still good.
- I use a unused part of phone SIM cards (or any card credit card size) for my Orange Pi One.
- I had wanted to get small pipe to be use as spacer, but can't find it sold anywhere. But then I found that I can just use small drinking straw. {:2_39:}

FrankHopper post at 2024-10-4 02:06:42

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matoro post at 2018-11-1 20:42:20

How did you cut the holes for the bolts and screws?

admin post at 2016-4-29 16:04:27

It is very cool!{:3_48:}

Doumekxkai post at 2015-9-27 22:37:04

Wow, it's a cool idea. And you can place a fan using the cd hole. I'll might do that, but using old DVD boxes I have.

RaveenBouy post at 2015-9-25 00:06:53

It's a Pretty cool idea! Air ventilation doesn't seems like a problem here but i doubt about the static Electricity:'0

magicse post at 2015-9-24 16:50:40

Cases for Orange Pi 2
http://www.single-boards.cz/en/boxes/57-neobond-case.html

super75hr post at 2015-9-24 02:57:50

Edited by super75hr at 2015-9-24 03:00

it looks cool. i was thinking about the same thing. instead of cd-s I would use aluminium plates because of over heating.

Langoor post at 2015-9-23 22:16:09

it looks quite cool, you can test conductivity by grabbing a multimeter, set it to resistance and test the CD's.
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