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Raspberry Pi original shipping case hack<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s an Instructable on converting one of those pink shipping boxes from RS Components into a decent case for your Raspberry Pi using a rotary hand tool.\u00a0Read the tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an Instructable on converting one of those pink shipping boxes from RS Components into a decent case for your Raspberry Pi using a rotary hand tool.\u00a0Read the tutorial<\/p>\n

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