DarkSabreTribal
Veteran XV
Went to Lowes and picked up a Junction Box that had about the right footprint along with some appropriate bolts, mesh wire, a handle, and felt/padded feet.
Added holes on the top for a fan mount:
Bolted on a handle:
Installed the motherboard on nylon standoffs (it is backwards here because the I/O panel has not been milled yet).
Added ventilation holes at the bottom:
Runs straight off of 12V:
Works!:
Still need to:
Add mesh screening to the lower ventilation holes.
Mount the on/off button (you can see it hanging out in the last pic).
Mount the secondary hard drive to the side wall instead of laying it on top.
Add an indicator light for whether the board is on or not (no fan headers or anything...so probably going to wire it to the USB power).
Has anyone played with the picoITX boards yet?
Any advice if U/Flux/Xubuntu all freeze during installation because they can't install one of the main packages? Are any of the other linux distros as user friendly as Ubuntu?
Added holes on the top for a fan mount:
Bolted on a handle:
Installed the motherboard on nylon standoffs (it is backwards here because the I/O panel has not been milled yet).
Added ventilation holes at the bottom:
Runs straight off of 12V:
Works!:
Still need to:
Add mesh screening to the lower ventilation holes.
Mount the on/off button (you can see it hanging out in the last pic).
Mount the secondary hard drive to the side wall instead of laying it on top.
Add an indicator light for whether the board is on or not (no fan headers or anything...so probably going to wire it to the USB power).
Has anyone played with the picoITX boards yet?
Any advice if U/Flux/Xubuntu all freeze during installation because they can't install one of the main packages? Are any of the other linux distros as user friendly as Ubuntu?