Design. Download. Print. Test. Repeat.
I designed the Pi's case using a free design program called Tinkercad. Using dimensions from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, I got "exact"measurements. However, I forgot to account for tolerances, causing extensive mods to be necessary.
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I used Lakka, a free open source retroarch based emulator to emulate the SNES console. I installed this on a microSD card, using etcher to mount it. It took several attempts, as first I thought I could install Raspbian (the raspberry pi's OS) and Lakka on the same card.
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Building The Case
I was planning to 3d print the case. I designed it using tinkercad (photo above) a free, online CAD program. It is relatively easy to use. I also got size drawings. To design it, I
Specs
The raspberry pi is a very inexpensive single board computer. Here I compare it to other computers, and even a smartphone, for reference.
Spec |
My laptop |
Mac Pro |
Iphone 11 |
Pi |
CPU |
Core i5@(4 core) 1.5 ghz (3 ghz turbo) |
Xeon w (28 core)@ 2.9 ghz(4.1 ghz turbo) |
A13 bionic(6 cores)@2.5 ghz |
ARMCortex(4 cores) a72 overclocked to 1.75ghz |
RAM |
8 gb |
1.5 tb |
4 gb |
4gb |
GPU |
Intel UHD graphics 530 |
Dual AMD Radeon Pro Vega 2 (64 gb hbm2) |
Chipset graphics |
Vidieo core x |
Storage |
256 gb ssd |
4 tb ssd |
64 gb ssd |
64 gb microSD card |
Cost |
$800 |
$54,000 (sans monitor) |
$600 |
$55 (sans power supply,micro SD card, and monitor) |
As you can see, the raspberry pi has very similar specs to the iphone. The reason this is is because it uses many of the same parts, sans screen, battery, and SIM card,