3D Printing (Part 2)

Neil Haddley • July 19, 2023

A mount that holds a Raspberry Pi 4 and a mini breadboard side by side, adapted from an existing Tinkercad design and printed on a resin printer

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In Part 1 I printed a name plate. This time I printed something useful: a plate that holds a Raspberry Pi 4 and a mini breadboard together, so that the wires between them stay put.

Tinkercad

I updated an existing Tinkercad design to create a part to securely hold a Raspberry Pi 4 and small breadboard.

Original design

https://www.tinkercad.com/things/8k21OQvUnlh

Updated design

https://www.tinkercad.com/things/fQPX9bFkoC3-raspberry-pi-4-and-mini-breadboard-mount

I updated the design in Tinkercad

I sliced the part

I used an M3 tap drill

I assembled the finished part

Part of the 3D Printing series

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3D Printing (Part 1)

Printing a name plate on an ELEGOO Mars 3 Pro resin printer: designing it in Tinkercad, slicing it in CHITUBOX, then washing, drying and curing the part

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3D Printing (Part 3)

Two 3D printed versions of the back half of a rear light, one that fits the gap behind a mudguard and one that lets the cable leave through the side, designed with Claude Code and measured from a photo