Personally, I’d prefer it to be better enclosed around the sides (with holes for ports), because I’m going to be using it in a setting where having the board be visible to end-users is asking for disasters…
@chabad360, I am planning on designing a companion piece that mounts to the board side.. as it is, I have this running on POE.. so I simply have an Ethernet connected. and this thing is screwed to a wall..
for reference this is what the underside looks like..
By all means, please print away… I used a resin printer to print mine. The mounted piece is done (the one in the pics), and is hosted on the GitHub. I honestly haven’t had enough free time to complete the other half… as its been through several iterations, and none fit the need just right.
Printing a metal case would be grand! However outside the ability of doing this myself, I would venture to guess 90% of diyers out there would be unable to as well, or at least cost prohibitive… not to mention I believe Radxa has a heat spreader already that they sale. But being an atom it will still run warm to rather warm depending on load…
I agree, CNC would be easier and maybe cheaper in the long run.. I’m all for making a new metal plate design/manufacture if you want to upfront a cost for a CNC machine…
Or…
just get the one that’s made already? https://www.seeedstudio.com/ROCK-Pi-X-heatsink-p-4728.html
