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Raspberry Media Player Casing

This document describes the steps to create an enclosure for a Raspberry Pi media player board. It details how the author extended the inputs and outputs of the board to the back of the enclosure using short cables. It then explains how a box was cut from acrylic with ventilation holes and an opening for an IR sensor. Finally, it provides a link to download the blueprint for the enclosure design.

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Raspberry Media Player Casing

This document describes the steps to create an enclosure for a Raspberry Pi media player board. It details how the author extended the inputs and outputs of the board to the back of the enclosure using short cables. It then explains how a box was cut from acrylic with ventilation holes and an opening for an IR sensor. Finally, it provides a link to download the blueprint for the enclosure design.

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Raspberry media player casing


by zorwick on March 30, 2013

Table of Contents

Raspberry media player casing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: Raspberry media player casing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Extending inputs/outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 2: Making the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 3: Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Author:zorwick
Hungarian guy in The Netherlands

Intro: Raspberry media player casing


Look at this Raspberry board. Its is a good choice if you want to make your own internet and multimedia station to play HD movies, browse on the web watch Youtube
trailers listen your MP3 collections for literally peanuts. All you need to do, plug all the cables to they sockets upload the software and good to go.
So just plug in an SD card, HDMI cable, LAN cable, USB cable, audio cable, and the power cable...and all your 5 cables are sticking out from the 4 sides of the board.
How lame it is!

It is just a bare panel, if you need some housing, you can easily search for boxes, cases for the panel...and still you have all sides spiked with cables....and that is what it
needed to be fix.

Step 1: Extending inputs/outputs


How to place all the sockets to the back of a Raspberry powered multimedia case?

Some people maybe could solder, de-solder HDMI sockets, micro SD sockets...etc, and wire them again, but I could not. I just extended everything to the back with
existing cables. It might look messy inside, but looks great from outside.

Designing the rear panel, it seamed obvious to me to use the side of the Raspberry PI where USB and the LAN outputs are, because they need to be hold strong and 2
outputs are on the same side. And in this case the SD card is on the front side. All the other connectors can be extended easily.

I searched first for solutions to extend the HDMI. First I though some 90 degree converters just simply turn the socket facing to the back. Ordered and tried the 90 degree
adaptor I just realised that it turns completelly to the opposite way. Than I found this 20 cm long HDMI extension. After I received just twisted and fixed the cable to the
board and I liked the result. The cable sit very tight so I dont think it will ever come out from the casing. For the audio and the video I just made short extension cables.

The power source is 5V and recommended 1.2 Amp. The power socket is on the front, which is the worst place. I used a Micro USB pigtail cable to connect it with the
new rear power socket what I replaced with a normal power point. No I can use a standard 5V adaptor to power it up.

Finally all of the new extended sockets are on the rear side now.

Image Notes
1. Video output
2. Stereo audio output

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3. 5V power point

Image Notes
1. IR sensor for the remote

Step 2: Making the box


To assemble I use M2.5 screws the 3 mm acrylic. The panel is not making to much heat during operation, but staying on the safe side I cut plenty of ventilation holes to
the button to get some fresh air in and some opening to the opposite side wall to let the warm air out.

At the end I just in case glued the HDMI socket to the acrylic in case.

I cut the Raspberry logo to a clear acrylic window. On the front there is an opening just in case I need to remove the SD card and inserted an IR transmitter/receiver to
use my multi purpose Logitech remote control.

The Raspberry has the XBMC / OpenELEC 3.0.0 media player package.

Now I have a great media player in a decent case on the shelf.

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Image Notes
1. Fixing screws to hold the panel down

Image Notes
1. I glued the fixing point bolts down under the panel

Image Notes Image Notes


1. Front panel with theIR sensor 1. IR sensor
2. SD card slot

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Step 3: Download
Here is the drawing of the box, feel free to modify for our needs!

File Downloads

RaspberryZbox_blueprint.pdf (339 KB)


[NOTE: When saving, if you see .tmp as the file ext, rename it to 'RaspberryZbox_blueprint.pdf']

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