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"waterproof" enclosure

JWx
JWx 5 days ago

Enclosure selection

As an enclosure for Raspberry PI, Kradex Z74 with transparent lid was selected. As can be seen, Raspberry PI with CN-0575 SPE shield occupies about half of it, giving some space for additional components

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Enclosure itself - rated for IP65 (so it is protected from dust ingress and from water jets from any direction, but not for water immersion), has foam-roll gasket between the main part and the lid that should be trimmed and self-installed from the provided length

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Raspberry Pi itself was screwed into section of PCB cut-out to the shape of enclosure floor, boards connected using 2.5mm spacers and screws - RPI has mounting holes of 2.7mm diameter, so more common 3mm spacers cannot be used.

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 Immersion test

As this enclosure was a part of my research set from Extreme Environment challenges, let's test it Extreme Env way - never mind the formal rating, drop it into the water (with paper towel inserted to quickly identify water leaks)!

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And? No excessive bubbling, no water identifiable on the paper towel - success! This enclosure survived short-term water immersion - more tests will be executed as the project advances.

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  • vmate
    vmate 4 days ago +2
    Oh nice, we ended up with similar boxes then, except mine's a bit larger.
  • JWx
    JWx 4 days ago in reply to vmate +1
    Interesting one - especially this rail system at the bottom, would make PCB placement easier...
  • vmate
    vmate 4 days ago in reply to JWx +1
    I couldn't figure out how it's supposed to be used though, there's no way to get something to stay in the rail, so I just used some of those melt-in thread things typically used for 3D prints, you can…
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    vmate 4 days ago

    Oh nice, we ended up with similar boxes then, except mine's a bit larger.

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    JWx 4 days ago in reply to vmate

    Interesting one - especially this rail system at the bottom, would make PCB placement easier...

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    vmate 4 days ago in reply to JWx

    I couldn't figure out how it's supposed to be used though, there's no way to get something to stay in the rail, so I just used some of those melt-in thread things typically used for 3D prints, you can see them in some of the holes.

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    JWx 4 days ago in reply to vmate

    I think with the screw with wide thread (don't know correct English word) - something like screw for wood/metal sheets, thread will lock itself in the rail and hold (if PCB is not too heavy and sudden movement/vibrations are limited) 

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 3 days ago in reply to JWx

     JWx I think you are correct.  In the US, we would say "coarse thread" (opposite 'fine thread').  The gap looks similar in size to the threaded inserts for the backing plate.  I can see using them if I just wanted to mount one DIN rail.

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    JWx 3 days ago in reply to kmikemoo

    Thanks  kmikemoo ! Very interesting information - I think I have one enclosure with such a mounting system, so I had a chance to try to fix a PCB to it, but (if I remember correctly) this one has poorly fitted rubber caps covering (many) cable openings so it is only nominally IP65... 

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