{"id":481,"date":"2021-12-21T23:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T23:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelemmingfarm.uk\/?p=481"},"modified":"2021-12-21T23:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T23:59:24","slug":"mounting-a-pi-3-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelemmingfarm.uk\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Mounting a Pi 3 Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The existing Pi Zero was struggling to have enough power on the USB port to drive the remote control dongle, so needed to be replaced with a slightly more capable Pi 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The existing stack system is working well on the test robot, so the goal here is to replace the top stack with a Pi 3 version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As before this started with an OpenSCAD file to produce 6mm M2.5 posts in the correct positions for the Pi 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily there are plenty of technical diagrams available giving the exact measurements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But to sanity check a Pi 3 reference model was found on Thingiverse which could be used the sanity check the fit &#8211; which it did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelemmingfarm.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thelemmingfarm.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-13.png 547w, 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style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelemmingfarm.uk\/?p=371\">MDD10A OpenSCAD<\/a>\u00a0file previously created and taking just the bare board and screw holes was a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only issue with a Pi 3 is that it will overhang the board slightly, and two of the screws holes for the stack board are slightly covered by the Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these limitations it seemed ok, so was printed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fully built it should look like this:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" 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