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  • Author Author: hwhardsoft
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Simple din rail housing for Pi zero

hwhardsoft

Hi,

 

I want to introduce a new enclosure project for the Pi Zero. It's a new din rail housing and protoboard with integrated voltage regulator.

 

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  • in reply to hwhardsoft

    Why solder and not power via GPIO, keeping the whole solution "plug&play"? The Pi Zero has no polyfuse, so powering via GPIO, test points or USB is the same.

  • in reply to clem57

    I understand but this is a completely other application - not related to a cabinet mount. Our enclosure is not made for such purposes image

  • So far as I know the Pi Zero has only 1 USB host port. The other one is for supply only. You will find an USB-A socket foot print on our pcb. This USB-A connector is directly connected to some pads beside the breadboard. The idea is to solder a cable between these pads and the corresponding testing point of the PiZero. The USB host will be accessabke from the outside. You can stick a WLAN USB stick in it to have access to the Pizero via SSH for example.

     

    The other option is to make the enclosure smaller (2 modules only), to bing the sockets of the PiZero to the right enclosure side. But this solution have some disadvantages:

    - the breadboard is much smaller than

    - its hard to find a place for the terminals an the voltage regulator in this case

  • in reply to hwhardsoft

    If I can suggest an improvement that can make the difference (probably with very low production cost increase) ti to "export" the two USB of the Pi zero as well as the hdmi to external connectors, or at least on clamps for the USB ports.

     

    I have worked on the first PLC by 80's and also with those "ancient" devices I always chosen the A&G because of their availability of a RS232 for programming. The point is that ater the PiZero is inside the box there is no way to maintain the software or access to it for any kind of data collection. In an industrial environment today this is a must.

     

    Enrico

  • Okay, I see your point. But in my case I need to use the newer Pi zero with camera attached in a small enclosure. To solve I need to tap 12 V input down to 5 V for the zero (probably a buck to buck converter). Also it must be weatherproof since it may be in a harsh environment. This enclosure fails on both of those requirements in my case. I suspect others may be considering choices that have a limited budget IMHO.

    Clem