Raspberry Pi ⁽²⁾

For some time now my pi-star node was in a fairly large blue box. Originaly this box had three Pi systems plus a 5V PSU but over the months two of those systems were either shut down or relocated to their own 3D printed box and powered via a PoE HAT. So the blue box, measuring some 240x110x190mm was pretty much empty. Since I built a M17 hotspot out of a Pi and a Nextion screen I found a 3D printable box specifically for the 3.2" Nextion. So I printed this and a second one for pi-star. This has saved quite a bit of shelf space. The case is not fully ideal because in the case of the pi-star node the Nextion is connected via a USB to TTL converter which sticks outside the case. The M17 node has a Zumspot USB radio which again sticks out the side. But it will make a good basis for designing a wider box that will encompass the USB bits.

One of my Pi 4B systems runs an ADSB grabber for Flightradar24 *. A few weeks ago it lots the SD Card so I rebuilt it. That card had been in for some time but I didn't record when. Silly. Anyway, a few weeks went by and it lost the new one. Now, rebuilding is not a huge issue as I record every step in a file, so rebuilding takes maybe 30 minutes and I never bother to image the SD card because if I add a step then I would need to make a new image etc. So I rebuilt it again but this time I added the SDD which was originally the server Pi disk (thay was replace dby an actual mini PC with a spinning disk). The Pi was in a 3D printed case but the SDD was just resting behind it on top of one of the radios. Off to printables.com - there were a few models for Pi systems with SDDs but none of the vertical stack types would fit. Then I found one which has the Pi and SDD side by side and it works really well. The Pi has a PoE HAT and…