This is my Raspberry
Pi computer.
It's a little
embedded linux pc.
And it's about the
size of a credit card.
But the problem is, it's
so light that if you plug
something like HDMI into
it, the cable weighs
a lot more than
the computer, so
it's all too easy just to yank
this thing off your desk.
So, I made a holder for
my other Raspberry Pi
computer. And it
also has this thing
for aiming the camera
module wherever I want
to aim it. And I want
to make another holder.
So, on this Raspberry
Pi, because I didn't
have another micro usb
connector for the
power, I just soldered
the power cable
straight to the test
points on the back.
And I think I want
to mount this one
right about here
on the board.
So, to get the
hole location.
I don't have any wood
screws that actually
fit in the holes here
so I'm gonna use
some machine screws
to screw this down.
There's stuff on
the back on here.
So, I need to offset
this a little bit
and I made these little
things, which are just
wooden blocks with
a hole in them.
And then this screw,
screws directly into
a slightly undersized
hole in the wood.
This thing's gonna go
here to hold the cables.
And to line
up the holes
with where the connectors
are, I'll just
mark it here.
So I cut a notch for
the power cable and I
rounded these
a little bit.
Just to protect
the cables.
These ethernet cables
have a little tab that
needs to be pushed
to unhook them
from the connector,
so I drilled a hole
underneath the
connector
to make it easier to
reach under there
and push that tab
to get it back out.
This little block prevents
the HDMI connector
from being pulled
off to the side.
And I've drilled holes
in it, here and here
for the power and
the sound connector
although I won't need
power on this one
because it's
already hooked up.
I gotta scrape the varnish
off for the glue to hold.
So, here's my original
camera module holder.
The camera module just
slid in here and I
stuck something behind
it to hold it in place.
And this one has never
been that elegant.
So i came up
with a new one.
On the new one, the
camera is just screwed
to the front with a couple
of small machine screws.
And there's a screw
through here on the side
which provides a lot
of resistance to
tilting, so it's
fairly stable.
So, I'll make another
one of these and I'll
make video
this time.
I bought this wi-fi
adaptor but it only
has one of these very
thin and fragile
connectors on here.
So, I want to support
this a little bit.
So, I made this bracket
to go underneath here.
But I have to mount that
bracket a fair ways back.
because otherwise I
won't be able to get a
usb connector in out
of the bottom socket.
So, here it is done, with
everything plugged in.
I'm not gonna bother
with the little
rotaty thingy here.
Because I think
the wider holes will
be enough to snag the
cables if they
get pulled up.
I added a top cover
so I could have
the camera module
sticking out the side.
Which is actually the top.
And this is
attached to the
garage on my
rural property and it's
looking out on the
driveway. And for
the time being
I have a keyboard and
monitor hooked up to it.
Just to do the
initail set-up.
So, it's been a lot of
fun hacking around with
the Raspberry Pi.
So much so that I
bought a second one
because this one's
tied up here now.
And I want another one
just to hack around with.
