Tag: raspberrypi

A new case for the pi

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The pi was an amazing little device. However the original plastic case is rather limited in air ventilation, viewing a HD video on Netflix could easily makes it overheated to have the CPU throttled! Having no choices but putting the pi into a new case for daily desktop use…

There were so many cases on TaoBao and here is a cheap one I bought for just around HKD 33.

The package contaiing the metal case, fan and head sinks.
The pi inside the case with a fan installed, connected to +5v and GND.
The completed case with the fan.

The whole assembly process took around 10 minutes and I got the pi running with the fan in the new case. However the fan was really noisy and I suspect the vibration of the case made it even louder! So anohter few minutes in removing the fan in favour for a quiet fanless pi!

The fan was found to be really noisy! Removed it at the end.

A tiny device for WFH use

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WFH (Worf From Home) becomes a new trend over the globe. The desktop I had been using was in fact an aging HTPC, the onboard sound was already broken and it would not superise me if it would fail any time soon….

As a cheap desktop replacement, I decided to try to recently Rapsberry Pi 4. It just got 2 days to have the package deliveried to me from a local reseller.

The box delivered by a local courier.

The package contains a 8GB Pi 4, case, heat sinks, PSU, 128G micro sd, card reader and a micro HDMI cable. Pretty neat as a tiny computer.

The items included in the package: pi 4B, case, heat sinks, PSU, micro sd, card reader and a micro HDMI to HDMI cable.

Assembled the unit took only a few minutes, that is a piece of cake.

The pi with heat sinks installed inside the plastic case.

Finally the finished unit in operation.