R3S Holster
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Download: | Sketchup STL |
| Print time | 03h 28m 42s |
| Filament used | 9.29m |
| Filament cost | $0.53 |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Prototypes | 3 |
This was yet another design that grew from the holster with screen design. Conceptually the same, the shape of this design fell into place very easily, but a problem quickly came up. The previous holster design allows for the computer to slide in and remain secured by the power cord as a pseudo lynchpin. That couldn’t work for this device, unfortunately. The R3S has a serial header which, for whatever reason, isn’t exported on the side of the case. This meant that I had to solder the headers onto the board and run the wires through a small hole in the case. With such a tiny case, the only place to exit was out the back - which is where all the other ports are. Since this wire is coming out of the case, it couldn’t slide into the case sideways like the holster with screen design. Not to fret - after some noodling, I decided to mount this from the top down. The mount sits on top of the router and thus has external flanges to secure it to the board.
Although the design was “novel” compared to what ground was already covered with the holster with screen design, only three prototypes were needed to dial it in just right. The biggest issue in the prototypes stemmed from a small error in my math whereby the height of the mount was 2mm shorter than it needed to be (oops!)
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