Computers can become anything as long as it has a motherboard
I realized this when unboxing this lil’ 2.5” motherboard equipped w/ an HDMI, 4 stacked USB’s, Ethernet, and a MicroSD port. When I first heard of the Pi, I was amazed at how many projects could be done on it, from:
- Robotics
- Desktops
- Handhelds
- … endless
For this page in my garden, I’ll share what I’ve learned, had to overcome, and ideas I have but might never get to. This is also going to be a dynamic topic (note to myself: make all “I’ll update as I learn later” posts as the tag dynamic). Hope you’ll find something new!
Passions of its possibilities
Computers have such vast uses, and while Microsoft amongst other companies have deteriorated users Right to Repair, Raspberry Pi has taken an affordable path to giving users the ability to play around and create things.
Pains of its possibilities
intro
3D modeling the case
I thought a lil’ box wouldn’t be so hard to model, but I was wrong. I had so many non-manifold faces that it just wouldn’t print. Then, I realized that it might not have been the full problem after all, it was only by chance that I discovered the setting called “Thin Wall detector” on the BambuStudio which fixed the problem IMMEDIATELY! Though I also had problems with the numbers and the RP logo not printing right…
Even after measuring exactly the RP, the case was small on all side and especially length-wise. I don’t know how, but the way I fixed it wasn’t by getting the exact measurements since I already did that and failed, it was by lining up the RP against the screen with the case in the same measurements against it and then lengthening what was needed. I’ll add this section to the updateme tag so that I’ll someday figure out how to properly measure real-life measurements translatable into blender.
What’s learned
Using the website (update) to easily fix non-manifold faces instead of painstakingly going through it myself, boolean, and measuring real-life measurements to 3D fairly accurate.