Paris-based team Grasping Hand are attempting to fund their Sweetbox case again. They’ve altered the design to include access to the GPIO (with a cap for the gap) and are, as before, including a set of heatsinks to go along with the case.
Pledge price for a case is £14 and you can read more about it here.
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Just my personal opinion, which I should probably keep to myself. You have to ask yourself why did it fail round 1? Was it too expensive and rather ugly? Has that changed? I paid £12 last year for a beautiful ORAC-looking Yoctopuce case. I thought that was excessively expensive, but at least it was a work of art.
This might be a really clever design, but it doesn’t appeal to me at all. Will be interesting to see how round 2 of funding goes. Very few Pi-related kickstarter projects have failed – even some rather silly ones.
I know… I think it looks even uglier now with both the heatsinks and the easy-to-lose GPIO cap fighting for attention. I’ve just looked at the Yoctopuse case (assuming it’s the one at http://www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/enclosures/raspbox) and that is a real beauty. Their price point is definitely wrong if you compare the Sweetbox to that one and even to the Bitcrafts wooden one.
Yep, that’s the fella. Have to say though, since I got into interfacing, I haven’t been using it. I do use the ModMyPi case with the lid off, or just bare board, sometimes with a piece of wood under to prevent shorting, sometimes not. Still waiting for review sample of the model A wooden case.
I know what you mean about casing when interfacing. I’ve gone with the SB Components case most of the time because the bottom half grips the Pi nice and solidly without the top half being there. Nothing quite like handling the bare Pi, though! Oo-er, that sounded dodgy.
Hi,
I am an architect and industrial designer. I have been looking into cases for the raspberry pi and no offense but i do not see any beauty in two pieces of plexiglass attached with four screws and definitely cannot understand why such a basic form and materials would cost as much. Personally, I do not use raspberry pi but from what i see and personal aesthetics set aside, the sweetbox case is quite sophisticated both in terms of design and functionality.
It all comes down to personal opinion. If you’re talking about functionality then I agree, the Sweetbox is sophisticated, apart from not giving access to the camera module port. But part of a design should be aesthetics and I’ve heard several people say that they do not like the look of it, both this version and the original. The case Alex refers to, which is the two-pieces-of-plexiglass I think you’re talking about has a certain retro charm. I don’t know why it costs so much either.
Of course it’s all about opinion. Otherwise everybody would buy the one case which is “the best”. I reviewed another case today, the Bitcrafts bramble. Some people will like it because it’s laser cut plywood. Others will hate it because it’s laser cut plywood. It matters not a jot to me whether other people like it or not. I do like it. It reminds me of when I put together my Precision Aerobatics Katana MD, which had quite a few laser cut liteply parts. It’s personal.
I like the Yoctopuce case because it reminds me of ORAC, which was a computer in a TV series from about 35 years ago called Blake’s Seven. That’s also personal. It was enough to make me want one enough to overcome the “that’s half the price of a Raspberry Pi” barrier.
I have no such sentimental attachment to the sophisticated design or functionality of the sweetbox.
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Isn’t it great we’ve got a choice?