Keeping your projects safe
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ost ‘getting started with’
Raspberry Pi kits include some
kind of a basic case. But as soon
as you start building circuits,
adding components and sensors,
you often outgrow the case, or you
need to modify it.
Many people, including this author, will end up
prototyping with a loose Raspberry Pi computer on
their desk. Inevitably, there will come a time when
something isn’t working properly, and that loose
board sitting on top of a stray wire lead, loose screw,
or anything conductive, will wreak havoc with your
project. Best-case scenario: you find the short, move
your board, and everything works once again. Worst-
case scenario: you short something out and destroy
your board! Either way, you’ll learn a valuable lesson- you need a case for your Raspberry Pi board!
When this author first started researching cases for
Raspberry Pi, he was really surprised at how many
variations there were available in the market. There
are cases for Raspberry Pi cluster computers,
industrial-rated cases, really inexpensive and simple
versions, and a lot of robust and deluxe versions. Be
sure to head online and look at all the available
enclosures for your next Raspberry Pi project.
Enclosures for your Raspberry Pi
By Marc de Vinck @devinckM
Keeping your
projects safe