Help! Is a Lego case for a Raspberry PI possible?

dino_girl

Mr dino wants me to build him a case out of Lego for his Raspberry Pi CPU.
I was wondering if any IT AFOL geeks out there can see any problems with this or anything i need to consider (ie airflow) when I build it?

thanks in advance
Dino-girl

CCC

I don't think airflow is a problem, you can print a case out of card ...

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1310

or a shapeways one ...

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-gets-a-case-you-can-download-and-3d-print-2012035/

You could always use a fence if you wanted to allow some airflow.

zenparticle

I have seen some case mods out of LEGO. There are examples floating around on the net. I have not yet seen any for the Raspberry Pi. But considering the size of the system, there will likely be a few. Biggest consideration of any case is always temperature management. Heat can kill a system quickly. Just factor in some spaces for ventilation and it should be fine.

bluemoose

There are quite a few RPi Lego case designs out there; these four are from the RPi forums -
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=6805
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=5656
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2366
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3701

Not sure that I'd bother with any of these designs; I think I could do better ;-)

dino_girl

thanks for the tips guys
^ bluemoose im sure you could better I'm pretty sure i can do better too

I've been told by the better half that it has to be black with lime green elements
which should look v cool once it done